-ons

See also: ons and öns

French

Etymology

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), 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

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃/

Suffix

-ons

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

Gothic

Romanization

-ons

1. Romanization of -𐍉𐌽𐍃