paiier

Old French

Alternative forms

• paier

Etymology

From Latin pācāre (“to settle, to make peaceful”), from pāx (“peace”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

paiier

1. to pay (purchase using money)
   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

     Ele paioit por li la dete.

     She paid the debt for 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. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		paiier			avoir paiié
gerund		en paiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		paiant
past participle		paiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pai	paies	paie	paions	paiiez	paient
	imperfect	paioie, paieie, paioe, paiieve	paioies, paieies, paioes, paiieves	paioit, paieit, paiot, paiieve	paiiiens, paiiens	paiiiez, paiiez	paioient, paieient, paioent, paiievent
	preterite	paiai	paias	paia	paiames	paiastes	paiierent
	future	paierai	paieras	paiera	paierons	paieroiz, paiereiz, paierez	paieront
	conditional	paieroie, paiereie	paieroies, paiereies	paieroit, paiereit	paieriiens, paieriens	paieriiez, paieriez	paieroient, paiereient
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	pai	pais	pait	paions	paiiez	paient
	imperfect	paiasse	paiasses	paiast	paiissons, paiissiens	paiissoiz, paiissez, paiissiez	paiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	paie	—	paions	paiiez	—

Derived terms

• repaiier

Descendants

• Middle French: payer
  • French: payer
  • → Dutch: paaien (possibly)
• Norman: payer, payi
• → Middle English: payen, paine, peiwen
  • English: pay
  • Scots: pey
  • Yola: paay