molteplier

Old French

Alternative forms

• monteplier, molteploier, moutepleer, mouteplier, mouteploier

Etymology

Either inherited from or a semi-learned borrowing from Latin multiplicō, multiplicāre. Forms in mont- are possibly influenced by monter (“to mount”) (from Latin montō), but may be just dissimilatory.

Verb

molteplier

1. (intransitive) to multiply; to increase in terms of numbers.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		molteplier			avoir molteplïé
gerund		en moltepliant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		moltepliant
past participle		molteplïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	moltepli	molteplïes	molteplïe	molteplions	molteplïez	molteplïent
	imperfect	molteplioie, molteplïeie, molteplioe, molteplïeve	molteplioies, molteplïeies, molteplioes, molteplïeves	molteplioit, molteplïeit, moltepliot, molteplïeve	moltepliiiens, moltepliiens	moltepliiiez, moltepliiez	molteplioient, molteplïeient, molteplioent, molteplïevent
	preterite	moltepliai	molteplias	molteplia	moltepliames	moltepliastes	molteplïerent
	future	molteplïerai	molteplïeras	molteplïera	molteplïerons	molteplïeroiz, molteplïereiz, molteplïerez	molteplïeront
	conditional	molteplïeroie, molteplïereie	molteplïeroies, molteplïereies	molteplïeroit, molteplïereit	molteplïeriiens, molteplïeriens	molteplïeriiez, molteplïeriez	molteplïeroient, molteplïereient
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	moltepli	molteplis	molteplit	molteplions	molteplïez	molteplïent
	imperfect	moltepliasse	moltepliasses	moltepliast	moltepliissons, moltepliissiens	moltepliissoiz, moltepliissez, moltepliissiez	moltepliassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	molteplïe	—	molteplions	molteplïez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: monteplier, mouteplier, multeplier, multiplier
  • French: multiplier
  • Norman: monplier (obsolete)
• Old Walloon: moutapliyer
  • Walloon: mopliyî
• → Middle English: multiplien
  • English: multiply
  • Scots: multiplee, multiplie

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (molteplier)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “multiplico”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 204