enheriter

Old French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin inhērēditō, inhērēditāre.

Verb

enheriter

1. to inherit

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 enheriter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enheriter			avoir enherité
gerund		en enheritant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enheritant
past participle		enherité
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enherit	enherites	enherite	enheritons	enheritez	enheritent
	imperfect	enheritoie, enheriteie, enheritoe, enheriteve	enheritoies, enheriteies, enheritoes, enheriteves	enheritoit, enheriteit, enheritot, enheriteve	enheritiiens, enheritiens	enheritiiez, enheritiez	enheritoient, enheriteient, enheritoent, enheritevent
	preterite	enheritai	enheritas	enherita	enheritames	enheritastes	enheriterent
	future	enheriterai	enheriteras	enheritera	enheriterons	enheriteroiz, enheritereiz, enheriterez	enheriteront
	conditional	enheriteroie, enheritereie	enheriteroies, enheritereies	enheriteroit, enheritereit	enheriteriiens, enheriteriens	enheriteriiez, enheriteriez	enheriteroient, enheritereient
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	enherit	enheriz	enherit	enheritons	enheritez	enheritent
	imperfect	enheritasse	enheritasses	enheritast	enheritissons, enheritissiens	enheritissoiz, enheritissez, enheritissiez	enheritassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enherite	—	enheritons	enheritez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: enheriten
  • English: inherit

Further reading

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