trespasser

English

Etymology

trespass +‎ -er

Noun

trespasser (plural trespassers)

  1. One who trespasses; an interloper.
    • 1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136:
      Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases.
    • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 16:
      The human is a land animal, not an aquatic one, and he is therefore a trespasser in the water.

Translations

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation 1100, from tres- +‎ passer,[1] from Latin trans and passus (noun) (Vulgar Latin passō (verb)).

Verb

trespasser

  1. to traverse, to go through
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      France trespassent et entrent en Berri
      They went through France and went into Berri
  2. to travel; to go to
    • c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
      Pluisor qui s'an sont escapé
      Sont vers Escoce trespassé.
      Several of those who escaped
      Travelled to Scotland.

Conjugation

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

    Conjugation of trespasser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive trespasser avoir trespassé
gerund en trespassant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle trespassant
past participle trespassé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present trespas trespasses trespasse trespassons trespassez trespassent
imperfect trespassoie, trespasseie, trespassoe, trespasseve trespassoies, trespasseies, trespassoes, trespasseves trespassoit, trespasseit, trespassot, trespasseve trespassiiens, trespassiens trespassiiez, trespassiez trespassoient, trespasseient, trespassoent, trespassevent
preterite trespassai trespassas trespassa trespassames trespassastes trespasserent
future trespasserai trespasseras trespassera trespasserons trespasseroiz, trespassereiz, trespasserez trespasseront
conditional trespasseroie, trespassereie trespasseroies, trespassereies trespasseroit, trespassereit trespasseriiens, trespasseriens trespasseriiez, trespasseriez trespasseroient, trespassereient
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 trespas trespas trespast trespassons trespassez trespassent
imperfect trespassasse trespassasses trespassast trespassissons, trespassissiens trespassissoiz, trespassissez, trespassissiez trespassassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— trespasse — trespassons trespassez —

Descendants
  • English: trespass (via Old French), traipse (via Middle French)
  • French: trépasser
  • Norman: trépâsser

References
  1. Etymology and history of “trépasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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