-acioun

Middle English

/-aːsjuːn/

suffix

Definitions

Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing, the results or effects of an action, or a state or quality; -ation.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French -acion derived from Latin -ātiō.

Origin

Latin

-ātiō

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-ation English
-ātiō Latin
perōrō Latin
-atie Dutch, Flemish
-ация Russian
λύω Ancient Greek
-ation Portuguese
-ação Portuguese
-acion Old French
-ation Old French
-eison Old French
acion Old French
-isasi Indonesian
-acion Occitan