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Re: augmentative suffixes?

--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Carl Edlund Anderson 
<cea@c...> wrote:
> 
> 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?

A misanalysis of the -o:nem, -o:ne:s ending as a variant of -om, 
-o:s  is possible. 

> 
> Cheers,
> Carl
> 
> ps - though I also vaguely recall there was a Celtic suffix ?onos 
with a 
> augmentative function.

Cisalpine (Northern Italian) influence _is_ possible.


> 
> -- 
> Carl Edlund Anderson
> http://www.carlaz.com/