a suffix, show in wrangle of Latin origin, denoting activity or condition, used in Latin and in English to soma nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. yesteryear participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion). Also, -ation, -ition, -tion. Equivalence -cion, -xion. -ion -ion\ (?; 106). [L. -io, acc. -ionem: cf. F. -ion.] A noun suffix denoting act, process, suffice of an act or a process, function acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or member of revolving; construction, the act or appendage of constructing; a affaire constructed; dominion, rule ruled over; subjection, state of existence subject; dejection; abstraction. |
..
...
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)based on the Random Mansion Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006. Advertising That Generator -ion suff. Activity or process: completion. Response of an activity or process: indention. State or condition: dehydration. [middle English, from Old French, from Latin -i, -in-, n. suff. ] The American Inheritance Lexicon of the English Language, One-fourth Editioncopyright 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Ad That Author
Sites so far
Leave a reply