-avan

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -ābant. === Suffix === -avan (1st conj.) a suffix indicating the third-person plural indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-avan → ‎amavan (“[They] used to love”) ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-avan → ‎cantavan (“[They] used to sing”) ‎voar (“to fly”) + ‎-avan → ‎voavan (“[They] used to fly”) ==== Descendants ==== Galician: -aban Portuguese: -avam