Abstract
Various proposals for explaining the origin of the base constituent of the Latin imperfect tense formation in *bd(e.g. amabam 'I was loving') are examined. With an explicit phonological derivation, as well as critical evidence from Latin syntax and word formation, it is demonstrated that the present participle, e.g. *aman(t)s, is the source of the base member of this construction; and that it is joined, as traditionally assumed, to a form of the verb *bhau'be'.
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