treter

Old French

Alternative forms

• traicter
• traictier
• traiter
• traitier

Etymology

From Latin trāctare (“to pull", "to manage”), from the past participle stem of trahere (“to draw", "to pull”).

Verb

treter

1. to treat (behave a certain way towards someone or something)
2. to deal with (a subject)
   • c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 790:

     N'en voil ore plus traiter, altre vol cumencer

     I don't want to deal with it anymore, I want to start another one

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 treter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		treter			avoir treté
gerund		en tretant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		tretant
past participle		treté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tret	tretes	trete	tretons	tretez	tretent
	imperfect	tretoie, treteie, tretoe, treteve	tretoies, treteies, tretoes, treteves	tretoit, treteit, tretot, treteve	tretiiens, tretiens	tretiiez, tretiez	tretoient, treteient, tretoent, tretevent
	preterite	tretai	tretas	treta	tretames	tretastes	treterent
	future	treterai	treteras	tretera	treterons	treteroiz, tretereiz, treterez	treteront
	conditional	treteroie, tretereie	treteroies, tretereies	treteroit, tretereit	treteriiens, treteriens	treteriiez, treteriez	treteroient, tretereient
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	tret	trez	tret	tretons	tretez	tretent
	imperfect	tretasse	tretasses	tretast	tretissons, tretissiens	tretissoiz, tretissez, tretissiez	tretassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	trete	—	tretons	tretez	—

Descendants

• French: traiter
• → English: treat