-ons

== Franco-Provençal == === Suffix === -ons plural of -on == 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). Another hypothesis claims that it was generalised from Old French sons, the 1st person plural indicative present of estre (modern standard sommes — être). Compare Occitan -èm, -am, -im, -em; Latin -āmus, -ēmus, -imus, -īmus. If French had directly inherited the Latin first-person plural ending, one would expect *-ens, *-oins, *-mes, and *-ins. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ̃/ === Suffix === -ons (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix) a suffix denoting the first-person plural present indicative form of a verb ==== References ==== == Gothic == === Romanization === -ons romanization of -𐍉𐌽𐍃