aprochier

Old French

Alternative forms

• aprecher (Normandy)
• aprepier (Liège)

Etymology

From Late Latin appropiāre, a verb based on Latin prope (“near”).

Verb

aprochier

1. (transitive) to approach
   • c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:

     Qu'il me vit vers lui aprochier. / Je ne soi s'il me vaut touchier[.]

     He saw me coming toward him. / I did not know if it was worth touching him.

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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		aprochier			avoir aprochié
gerund		en aprochant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		aprochant
past participle		aprochié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	aproche	aproches	aproche	aprochons	aprochiez	aprochent
	imperfect	aprochoie, aprocheie, aprochoe, aprochieve	aprochoies, aprocheies, aprochoes, aprochieves	aprochoit, aprocheit, aprochot, aprochieve	aprochiiens, aprochiens	aprochiiez, aprochiez	aprochoient, aprocheient, aprochoent, aprochievent
	preterite	aprochai	aprochas	aprocha	aprochames	aprochastes	aprochierent
	future	aprocherai	aprocheras	aprochera	aprocherons	aprocheroiz, aprochereiz, aprocherez	aprocheront
	conditional	aprocheroie, aprochereie	aprocheroies, aprochereies	aprocheroit, aprochereit	aprocheriiens, aprocheriens	aprocheriiez, aprocheriez	aprocheroient, aprochereient
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	aproche	aproches	aproche	aprochons	aprochiez	aprochent
	imperfect	aprochasse	aprochasses	aprochast	aprochissons, aprochissiens	aprochissoiz, aprochissez, aprochissiez	aprochassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	aproche	—	aprochons	aprochiez	—

Descendants

• French: approcher
• Norman: appraichi
• Walloon: aprepyî
• → Middle English: approchen
  • English: approach

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “appropiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 53