a compound suffix of nouns, being -tion with a preceding original or formative vowel, or, in other words, a combination of -ite ² and -ion: expedition; extradition.

Origin:
< L -itiōn- or -ītiōn-, s. of -itiō or -ītiō. See -ite ² , -ion

-ion

a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, used in Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion).

Also, -ation, -ition, -tion.

Compare -cion, -xion.

Origin:
< L -iōn- (s. of -iō) suffix forming nouns, esp. on ptp. stems; r. ME -ioun < AF < L -iōn-

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