amonter

Old French

Alternative forms

• amunter (Anglo-Norman)
• amounter (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).

Verb

amonter

1. to ascend; to go up
2. to amount to (a value)
3. to amount to; to come to (a conclusion, an end, etc.)

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 amonter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		amonter			avoir amonté
gerund		en amontant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		amontant
past participle		amonté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	amont	amontes	amonte	amontons	amontez	amontent
	imperfect	amontoie, amonteie, amontoe, amonteve	amontoies, amonteies, amontoes, amonteves	amontoit, amonteit, amontot, amonteve	amontiiens, amontiens	amontiiez, amontiez	amontoient, amonteient, amontoent, amontevent
	preterite	amontai	amontas	amonta	amontames	amontastes	amonterent
	future	amonterai	amonteras	amontera	amonterons	amonteroiz, amontereiz, amonterez	amonteront
	conditional	amonteroie, amontereie	amonteroies, amontereies	amonteroit, amontereit	amonteriiens, amonteriens	amonteriiez, amonteriez	amonteroient, amontereient
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	amont	amonz	amont	amontons	amontez	amontent
	imperfect	amontasse	amontasses	amontast	amontissons, amontissiens	amontissoiz, amontissez, amontissiez	amontassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	amonte	—	amontons	amontez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: amounten, amunten
  • English: amount

References

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