-ou
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ou"
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese -ou, from Latin -āvit. Compare Portuguese -ou, Spanish -ó, and Italian -ò.
Suffix edit
-ou
- forms the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar
See also edit
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-ou (1st conj.)
- a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar
Descendants edit
Old Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *-ow, from Proto-Celtic *-owes, u-stem nominative plural.[1] Cognate with Cornish -ow and Breton -où.
Suffix edit
-ou
- Forms plural nouns., -s
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 331
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ou, from Vulgar Latin *-āut, contracted form of Latin -āvit. Compare Galician -ou, Spanish -ó, and Italian -ò.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ou
- a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar