Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition

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  • suffix non-productive an action or process, or the result of an action or process
  • suffix non-productive a state or condition

Etymologies

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From Latin suffix -iō (genitive -iōnis), appended to a perfect passive participle to form a noun of action.

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