RT from @yvanspijk: The endings of the future tense in many Romance languages look suspiciously like forms of their verb meaning 'to have': French 'ils finiront' & 'ils ont' Spanish 'harás' & 'has' Italian 'farò' & 'ho' Well, that's actually what they are! Here's how this future tense originated:
The endings of the future tense in many Romance languages look suspiciously like forms of their verb meaning 'to have':
French 'ils finiront' & 'ils ont'
Spanish 'harás' & 'has'
Italian 'farò' & 'ho'
Well, that's actually what they are! Here's how this future tense originated: