porporter

Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin *proportō, from pro- + portō (“I carry”).

Verb

porporter

to carry
(law) to bring (legal action, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of porporter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		porporter			avoir porporté
gerund		en porportant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		porportant
past participle		porporté
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	porport	porportes	porporte	porportons	porportez	porportent
	imperfect	porportoie, porporteie, porportoe, porporteve	porportoies, porporteies, porportoes, porporteves	porportoit, porporteit, porportot, porporteve	porportiiens, porportiens	porportiiez, porportiez	porportoient, porporteient, porportoent, porportevent
	preterite	porportai	porportas	porporta	porportames	porportastes	porporterent
	future	porporterai	porporteras	porportera	porporterons	porporteroiz, porportereiz, porporterez	porporteront
	conditional	porporteroie, porportereie	porporteroies, porportereies	porporteroit, porportereit	porporteriiens, porporteriens	porporteriiez, porporteriez	porporteroient, porportereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	porport	porporz	porport	porportons	porportez	porportent
simple tenses	imperfect	porportasse	porportasses	porportast	porportissons, porportissiens	porportissoiz, porportissez, porportissiez	porportassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	porporte	—	porportons	porportez	—

Descendants

English: purport (borrowed from the Anglo-Norman form purporter)
Middle French: pourporter
- French: pourporter (archaic, regional)

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (porporter)

purporter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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