Re: [tied] Latin -ô / -ônis endings

Perhaps you have. My impression is that the regular development of -a:tio:n(em) is -ação, and that final -o:n(em) developed as João says it did.

Piotr

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Subject: Re: [tied] Latin -ô / -ônis endings

> In Portuguese the Latin -o: (-onem) developped into -a~o , Surely the -a~o ending is from the Latin -atio? Or have I mis-remembered?