eschaufer

Old French

Alternative forms

  • echalfer
  • escalfer, escaufer, escafer (northern)
  • eçchaufer, eschaufeer, eschauffer, eschafer, eschauver, eschaver, achaufer

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excalfāre, from Latin excal(e)facere. By surface analysis, es- +‎ chaufer. Compare Old Occitan escalfar.

Verb

eschaufer

  1. to heat; to warm up

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-fs, *-ft are modified to s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

  • Middle French: eschauffer
  • Norman: écauffer
  • Walloon: estchauffer
  • Middle English: eschaufen

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