aquerre

Old French

Alternative forms

• acquerre
• acquerir (from the 14th c.)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin quaerere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈk(w)ɛrə/

Verb

aquerre

1. to acquire

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem aquier distinct from the unstressed stem aquer, 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 aquerre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aquerre			avoir aquis
gerund		en aquerant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		aquerant
past participle		aquis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	aquier	aquiers	aquiert	aquerons	aquerez	aquierent
	imperfect	aqueroie, aquereie	aqueroies, aquereies	aqueroit, aquereit	aqueriiens, aqueriens	aqueriiez, aqueriez	aqueroient, aquereient
	preterite	aquis	aqueṣis	aquist	aqueṣimes	aqueṣistes	aquisdrent
	future	aquerrai	aquerras	aquerra	aquerrons	aquerroiz, aquerreiz, aquerrez	aquerront
	conditional	aquerroie, aquerreie	aquerroies, aquerreies	aquerroit, aquerreit	aquerriiens, aquerriens	aquerriiez, aquerriez	aquerroient, aquerreient
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	aquiere, aquierge	aquieres, aquierges	aquiere, aquierge	aquerons, aquiergiens, aquierjons	aquerez, aquiergiez	aquierent, aquiergent
	imperfect	aqueṣisse	aqueṣisses	aqueṣist	aqueṣissons, aqueṣissiens	aqueṣissoiz, aqueṣissez, aqueṣissiez	aqueṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	aquier	—	aquerons	aquerez	—

Related terms

• acquest

Descendants

• Bourguignon: aicqueri
• Champenois: aiqueri
• Middle French: acquerir
  • French: acquérir
• → Middle English: acqueren
  • English: acquire
• Walloon: acweri

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “acquīrĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 111