porveoir

Old French

Alternative forms

• purveir

Etymology

From Latin prōvidēre.

Verb

porveoir

1. to look at
2. to procure (obtain, get hold of)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem porvoi distinct from the unstressed stem porve, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		porveoir			avoir porveü, porvis
gerund		en porveant, porvoiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		porveant, porvoiant
past participle		porveü, porvis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	porvoi	porvoiz	porvoit	porveons	porveez	porvoient
	imperfect	porveoie, porveeie	porveoies, porveeies	porveoit, porveeit	porveïiens, porveïens	porveïiez, porveïez	porveoient, porveeient
	preterite	porvi	porveïs	porvit	porveïmes	porveïstes	porvirent
	future	porverai	porveras	porvera	porverons	porveroiz, porvereiz, porverez	porveront
	conditional	porveroie, porvereie	porveroies, porvereies	porveroit, porvereit	porveriiens, porveriens	porveriiez, porveriez	porveroient, porvereient
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	porvoie	porvoies	porvoie	porveons, porvoiiens, porvoions	porveez, porvoiiez	porvoient
	imperfect	porveïsse	porveïsses	porveïst	porveïssons, porveïssiens	porveïssoiz, porveïssez, porveïssiez	porveïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	porvoi	—	porveons	porveez, porvez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: pourveoir
  • French: pourvoir
• Anglo-Norman: purveir, purveer, purveu (via “porveu”)
  • → Middle English: purveyen, purveu
    • English: purvey, purview

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (porveoir)
• purveer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub