froter

Old French

Alternative forms

• froiter, froitier
• *freiter (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Generally assumed to be from Latin frictāre, frequentative of fricāre through its past participle frictus (“rubbed”), with doubts arising from its phonological evolution.

Verb

froter

1. to rub

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 froter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		froter			avoir froté
gerund		en frotant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		frotant
past participle		froté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	frot	frotes	frote	frotons	frotez	frotent
	imperfect	frotoie, froteie, frotoe, froteve	frotoies, froteies, frotoes, froteves	frotoit, froteit, frotot, froteve	frotiiens, frotiens	frotiiez, frotiez	frotoient, froteient, frotoent, frotevent
	preterite	frotai	frotas	frota	frotames	frotastes	froterent
	future	froterai	froteras	frotera	froterons	froteroiz, frotereiz, froterez	froteront
	conditional	froteroie, frotereie	froteroies, frotereies	froteroit, frotereit	froteriiens, froteriens	froteriiez, froteriez	froteroient, frotereient
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	frot	froz	frot	frotons	frotez	frotent
	imperfect	frotasse	frotasses	frotast	frotissons, frotissiens	frotissoiz, frotissez, frotissiez	frotassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	frote	—	frotons	frotez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: frotter
  • French: frotter (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: frotter
• → Middle English: frēten (semantic loan)
  • English: fret
  • Scots: frete, freet