offrir French · revision 16438

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1112, Voyage de saint Brendan|origins=la ferō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɔ.fʁiʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''offrir'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|ofrir]], ''offrir'', Anglo-Norman ''offrir''.^(Wiktionary)^(AND)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|ofrir]], [[inh|la-lat|*offeriō]], an altered form of classical [[la|offerō|t=to bring before, present, offer]], from [[m|la|ob-|t=before]] and [[m|la|ferō|t=to carry]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|7, 331b) Bloch and Wartburg call it a Frenchified form of the Latin, older than the first texts.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Compare [[it|offrire]], [[ca|oferir]] and [[es|ofrecer]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873)^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in the early 12th century in the ''Voyage de saint Brendan'', meaning “to propose or present something to someone, putting it at their disposal”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ About 1140 it meant “to make an offering to God”, a religious sense still alive.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The reflexive ''s'offrir'' “to offer oneself” is from about 1165, ''s'offrir à'' + infinitive from the end of the 12th century.^(TLFi) Said of a woman, ''s'offrir'' meant to declare her love (1561) and later to be ready to give herself (1865).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) ''Offrir le combat'' and ''offrir sa fille à quelqu'un'' are recorded in 1690, ''offrir son nom'' in 1854.^(TLFi) The legal ''au plus offrant'' dates from 1365, and [[offre]] from 1155.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The modern ''s'offrir quelque chose'' “to treat oneself” is common.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1112 – In the ''Voyage de saint Brendan''.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1140 – “To make an offering to God”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1155 – ''Offre''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * c. 1165 – ''S'offrir''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1365 – ''Au plus offrant''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1690 – ''Offrir le combat'', in Furetière.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|offer]], propose: ''offrir son aide'', ''offrir de partir''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To give as a present: ''offrir des fleurs''.^(Wiktionary)

+ # To present, afford: ''offrir un beau spectacle''.^(TLFi)

+ # To make an offering of (to God).^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''S'offrir'': to treat oneself to; to offer oneself; to present itself.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[offre]]

+ * [[offrant]]

+ * [[offreur]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[offrande]]

+ * [[oblation]]

+ * [[la|offerō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}