Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗contraction
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryContraction of I'm + gonna.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ Proto-Indo-European *e- Proto-Indo-European *-m ? Proto-Indo-European *-óm Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm Proto-Germanic *eka Proto-Germanic *ek Proto-West Germanic *ik Old English iċ Middle English ik, ich, ī English I Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi Proto-Germanic *immi Proto-West Germanic *im Old English eom Middle English am English am English I'm English going Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *doh₁ Proto-Germanic *tō Proto-West Germanic *tō Old English tō Middle English to English to English gonna English Imma /ˈaɪm ɡənə/ → /ˈaɪmənə/ → /ˈaɪmnə/ → /ˈaɪmə/ Written form of a relaxed pronunciation of I'm gonna. Includes a reduction of /mn/ to /m/ (see reduction of /mb/ and /mn/ on Wikipedia). Common in and possibly originated in African-American Vernacular English, but is used more broadly today. According to m'Cheaux, it originated in Gullah, where "-a" replaces "-ing" and indicates immediate future tense.
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