-iamo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin -eāmus (first-person plural present subjunctive suffix of the e-conjugation) and -iāmus (same of the i-conjugation). Repurposed as general first-person plural suffix for all conjugations and moods. Compare the second-person plural -iate, where the distinction between the conjugations was also lost, but the form did not encroach on the indicative and imperative.
Suffix
-iamo (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the first-person plural present, present subjunctive and imperative of regular -are, -ere and -ire verbs
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