Inherited fromMiddle English-acioun /-acion,derived fromOld French-acion /-ation,derived fromLatin-ātiō, an alternative form of-tiō (whence-tion). Bysurface analysis,-ate +-ion.
-ation (noun-forming suffix,countable anduncountable,plural-ations)
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Inherited fromMiddle French-ation, fromOld French-ation, a learned borrowing fromLatin-ātiō, from-tiō, fromProto-Italic*-tjō, fromProto-Indo-European*-tis. In words inherited through Vulgar Latin, the same suffix yielded-aison.
-ation f (noun-forming suffix,plural-ations)
-ation
Inherited fromOld French-ation, a learned borrowing fromLatin-ātiō, from-tiō, fromProto-Italic*-tjō, fromProto-Indo-European*-tis.
-ation
Learned borrowing fromLatin-ātiō, from-tiō, fromProto-Italic*-tjō, fromProto-Indo-European*-tis.
-ation
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish-ation.
-ation f (noun-forming suffix,uncountable)