-irono

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See also: írónő

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin -īverunt (via -īru). In the thirteenth century, the Italian form was -iro, which later was extended to -irono under influence of verb endings like -ano and -ono.[1] Example: Italian finirono, from Latin finiverunt.

Suffix[edit]

-irono (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

  1. used with a stem to form the third-person plural past historic of regular -ire verbs

References[edit]

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 146

Anagrams[edit]