embracer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English embrace

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English embracer

From embrace + -er.

Noun

embracer (plural embracers)

1. A person who embraces.
2. Alternative form of embraceor (“person guilty of embracery”).

Old French

Verb

embracer

1. alternative form of embracier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		embracer			avoir embracé
gerund		en embraçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		embraçant
past participle		embracé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	embraz	embraces	embrace	embraçons	embracez	embracent
	imperfect	embraçoie, embraceie, embraçoe, embraceve	embraçoies, embraceies, embraçoes, embraceves	embraçoit, embraceit, embraçot, embraceve	embraciiens, embraciens	embraciiez, embraciez	embraçoient, embraceient, embraçoent, embracevent
	preterite	embraçai	embraças	embraça	embraçames	embraçastes	embracerent
	future	embracerai	embraceras	embracera	embracerons	embraceroiz, embracereiz, embracerez	embraceront
	conditional	embraceroie, embracereie	embraceroies, embracereies	embraceroit, embracereit	embraceriiens, embraceriens	embraceriiez, embraceriez	embraceroient, embracereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	embraz	embraz	embrazt	embraçons	embracez	embracent
	imperfect	embraçasse	embraçasses	embraçast	embracissons, embracissiens	embracissoiz, embracissez, embracissiez	embraçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	embrace	—	embraçons	embracez	—