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sci⋅on
[sahy-uh
n] 
–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
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.
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). |
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| ci·on (sī'ən) n. Variant of scion. |
| sci·on (sī'ən) n.
[Middle English, from Old French cion, possibly of Germanic origin.] |
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