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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French -omes, -umes (first-person plural present indicative ending), of obscure and disputed origin. Possibly of Germanic origin, derived from the Frankish termination *-ōmês, *-umês (first-person plural present indicative ending)[1], from Proto-Germanic *-ōmaz, *-amaz, related to Old High German -ōmēs, -umēs, Old Norse -um, Gothic -𐌿𐌼, -𐌰𐌼 (-um, -am). Compare Occitan èm, -am, -im, -em, Latin -āmus, -ēmus, -imus, īmus.
[edit] Suffix
-ons
- A suffix denoting the first-person plural present indicative form of a verb
[edit] References
- ^ Pope, From Latin to modern French, with especial consideration of Anglo-Norman, p16.
