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My understanding had always been that it was derived via French -ir verbs with the -iss- infix. I know accomplir and finir in French both have the infix; I don't know offhand the other two verbs. Nat --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> wrote: > > Hello! > > Just a quickie: does anyone know where the ending -sh in Latin-derived English words like "accomplish", "perish", "relinquish" etc. comes from? This thought just occurred to me, and I haven't the faintest idea myself. > > Cheers, > Jan