guarantir

Old French

Alternative forms

• garantir
• warantir

Etymology

From guarant (whence also modern French garant), from the present participle of an early Romance verb garir, guarir, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *warjan.

Verb

guarantir

1. to protect

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of guarantir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		guarantir			avoir guaranti
gerund		en guarantissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		guarantissant
past participle		guaranti
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	guarantis	guarantis	guarantist	guarantissons	guarantissez	guarantissent
	imperfect	guarantissoie, guarantisseie	guarantissoies, guarantisseies	guarantissoit, guarantisseit	guarantissiiens, guarantissiens	guarantissiiez, guarantissiez	guarantissoient, guarantisseient
	preterite	guaranti	guarantis	guaranti	guarantimes	guarantistes	guarantirent
	future	guarantirai	guarantiras	guarantira	guarantirons	guarantiroiz, guarantireiz, guarantirez	guarantiront
	conditional	guarantiroie, guarantireie	guarantiroies, guarantireies	guarantiroit, guarantireit	guarantiriiens, guarantiriens	guarantiriiez, guarantiriez	guarantiroient, guarantireient
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	guarantisse	guarantisses	guarantisse	guarantissons	guarantissez	guarantissent
	imperfect	guarantisse	guarantisses	guarantist	guarantissons, guarantissiens	guarantissoiz, guarantissez, guarantissiez	guarantissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	guarantis	—	guarantissons	guarantissez	—

Derived terms

• guarantie

Descendants

• English: guarantee, warrant (through the Old Northern French/Anglo-Norman variant warantir)
• French: garantir

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (garantir, supplement)