-bam in All languages combined

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Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”). Compare fīō (“to become”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*bʰuH-||to grow, become, come into being, appear}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”) Head templates: {{head|la|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes|head=-bam}} -bam Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Imperfect active indicative, -bam [first-person, singular], -bās [second-person, singular], -bat [singular, third-person], -bāmus [first-person, plural], -bātis [plural, second-person], -bant [plural, third-person], Imperfect passive indicative, -bar [first-person, singular], -bāris [second-person, singular], -bātur [singular, third-person], -bāmur [first-person, plural], -bāminī [plural, second-person], -bantur [plural, third-person]

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"-bam" meaning in All languages combined

Suffix [Latin]