gaitier

Old French

Alternative forms

• gaiter, guaiter, guaitier, waiter

Etymology

From Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”)). Compare Anglo-Norman waiter from the Old Northern French variant.

Verb

gaitier

1. to watch; to survey

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 gaitier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		gaitier			avoir gaitié
gerund		en gaitant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		gaitant
past participle		gaitié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	gait	gaites	gaite	gaitons	gaitiez	gaitent
	imperfect	gaitoie, gaiteie, gaitoe, gaitieve	gaitoies, gaiteies, gaitoes, gaitieves	gaitoit, gaiteit, gaitot, gaitieve	gaitiiens, gaitiens	gaitiiez, gaitiez	gaitoient, gaiteient, gaitoent, gaitievent
	preterite	gaitai	gaitas	gaita	gaitames	gaitastes	gaitierent
	future	gaiterai	gaiteras	gaitera	gaiterons	gaiteroiz, gaitereiz, gaiterez	gaiteront
	conditional	gaiteroie, gaitereie	gaiteroies, gaitereies	gaiteroit, gaitereit	gaiteriiens, gaiteriens	gaiteriiez, gaiteriez	gaiteroient, gaitereient
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	gait	gaiz	gait	gaitons	gaitiez	gaitent
	imperfect	gaitasse	gaitasses	gaitast	gaitissons, gaitissiens	gaitissoiz, gaitissez, gaitissiez	gaitassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	gaite	—	gaitons	gaitiez	—

Derived terms

• gaite

Descendants

• French: guetter
• Norman: dgetter (Jersey)
• → Middle English: waiten, wayten
  • English: wait
  • Yola: waaite; wiethe, weithe, waithe; ⇒ dwyth, dwithe
  (through Anglo-Norman)