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augmentative suffixes?




Can anyone provide a quick explanation of the origins of Romance augmentative suffixes like Italian -one and Spanish -ón? I am sure I remember reading that Latin did not have true augmentative suffixes, so I am wondering from what these later forms developed?

Cheers,
Carl

ps - though I also vaguely recall there was a Celtic suffix –onos with a augmentative function.

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Carl Edlund Anderson
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