-ions
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from (sense 1) Latin -iēbāmus and (sense 2) Latin -eāmus, with both elements containing -āmus is replaced with Frankish *-ōmēs (see more at -ons). In Old French, the paradigms of an -īre verb alongside in the sense 1, was also supplied to the subjunctive imperfect paradigms of -āre verbs: -asse, -asses, -ast, -issons, -issoiz, -assent.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ions
- forms the first-person plural imperfect indicative form of a verb
- forms the first-person plural present subjunctive form of a verb