chocquer

Middle French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *skokkōnder.

Old French choquer

Proto-West Germanic *skokkōnder.

Picard chuquier / çukerbor.

Middle French chocquer

From Old French choquer (“to strike against”) and Picard chuquier, çuker (“to collide in battle, knock”), both of Germanic origin, possibly from Frankish *skokkōn.

Verb

chocquer

1. to strike; to stun using physical force
   • 16^th Century, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     s'eslançant furieusement d'une chaire où elle estoit assise, s'alla de toute sa force chocquer la teste contre la paroy voisine

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of chocquer

infinitive	simple	chocquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	chocquant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		chocqué
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chocque	chocques	chocque	chocquons	chocquez	chocquent
	imperfect	chocquois, chocquoys	chocquois, chocquoys	chocquoit, chocquoyt	chocquions, chocquyons	chocquiez, chocquyez	chocquoient, chocquoyent
	past historic	chocqua	chocquas	chocqua	chocquasmes	chocquastes	chocquerent
	future	chocquerai, chocqueray	chocqueras	chocquera	chocquerons	chocquerez	chocqueront
	conditional	chocquerois, chocqueroys	chocquerois, chocqueroys	chocqueroit, chocqueroyt	chocquerions, chocqueryons	chocqueriez, chocqueryez	chocqueroient, chocqueroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	chocque	chocques	chocque	chocquons	chocquez	chocquent
	imperfect	chocquasse	chocquasses	chocquast	chocquassions	chocquassiez	chocquassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chocque	—	chocquons	chocquez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: choquer
• → English: shock