-ons

See also: ons and öns

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 (-um), -𐌰𐌼 (-am). Compare Occitan -èm, -am, -im, -em; Latin -āmus, -ēmus, -imus, īmus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̃/

Suffix

-ons

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

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

Gothic

Romanization

-ons

  1. Romanization of -𐍉𐌽𐍃
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