envoisier

Old French

Alternative forms

  • enveiser (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Latin *invitio[1].

Verb

envoisier

  1. (reflexive, soi envoisier) to enjoy oneself; to have fun

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

References

  1. von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “*invitiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 40, page 803
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