-ons

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See also: ons and öns

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], 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),[1] 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[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ons

  1. a suffix denoting the first-person plural present indicative form of a verb

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pope, From Latin to modern French, with especial consideration of Anglo-Norman, p16.

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

-ons

  1. Romanization of -𐍉𐌽𐍃
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