-ons
See also ons
French
Etymology
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)[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.
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.