a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, used to form nouns from stems of adjectives (communion; union) and verbs (legion; opinion; suspicion). Compare-tion. [Middle English-ioun< Anglo-French < Latin-iōnem,acc. of-iōsuffix forming nouns] ...
a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, used to form nouns from stems of adjectives (communion; union) and verbs (legion; opinion; suspicion). Compare-tion. [Middle English-ioun< Anglo-French < Latin-iōnem,acc. of-iōsuffix forming nouns] ...