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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French , from Old French -omes, -umes (first-person plural present indicative ending), of obscure and disputed origin. Possibly derived from the Frankish termination *-ōmēs, *-umēs (first-person plural present indicative ending), from Proto-Germanic *-ōmaz, *-amaz, related to Old High German -ōmēs, -umēs, Old Norse -um, Gothic -𐌿𐌼 (-um), -𐌰𐌼 (-am). Compare Occitan -èm, -am, -im, -em; Latin -āmus, -ēmus, -imus, -īmus. If French has directly inherited the Latin first-person plural ending, one would expect *-ens, *-eins, *-mes, and *-ins.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ons
- a suffix denoting the first-person plural present indicative form of a verb
References
- ^ Pope, From Latin to modern French, with especial consideration of Anglo-Norman, p16.
Gothic
Romanization
-ons
- Romanization of -𐍉𐌽𐍃