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ci⋅on

  [sahy-uhn]
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–noun
scion (def. 2).
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-cion

 
var. of -tion: suspicion.
Origin:
< L, equiv. to -c- final in v. stem + -iōn- -ion

sci⋅on

  [sahy-uhn]
–noun
1. a descendant.
2. Also, cion. a shoot or twig, esp. one cut for grafting or planting; a cutting.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME shoot, twig < OF cion < Frankish *kī- (cf. OE cīnan, OS kīnan, OHG chīnan to sprout, OE cīth, OS kīth sprout) + OF -on n. suffix

Synonyms:
1. child, issue, offshoot, progeny.

-tion

 
a suffix occurring in words of Latin origin, used to form abstract nouns from verbs or stems not identical with verbs, whether as expressing action (revolution; commendation), or a state (contrition; starvation), or associated meanings (relation; temptation).
Also, -ation, -cion, -ion, -sion, -xion.

Origin:
< L -tiōn- (s. of -tiō), equiv. to -t(us) ptp. suffix + -iōn- -ion
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ci·on   (sī'ən)   
n.  Variant of scion.
sci·on   (sī'ən)   
n.  

  1. A descendant or heir.

  2. also ci·on (sī'ən) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.


[Middle English, from Old French cion, possibly of Germanic origin.]
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Word Origin & History

scion 
c.1305, "a shoot or twig," from O.Fr. sion, cion (Mod.Fr. scion, Picard chion), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Frank. *kid-, from P.Gmc. *kidon-, from PIE *geie- "to sprout, split, open." Fig. use is attested from 1590; meaning "an heir, a descendant" is from 1814, from the "family tree" image.

-tion 
suffix forming nouns from verbs, from L. -tionem, accusative of noun suffix -tio (gen. -tionis) forming nouns of condition and action (the -t- is the Latin pp. stem).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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