-ion

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
    Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#IONCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#IONCategory:English terms derived from Old French#IONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#IONCategory:English terms derived from Latin#IONCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Italic#IONCategory:Pages with etymology trees#IONCategory:English entries with etymology trees#IONCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#ION

    Reanalysed from -ation, -tion, from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#ION -tion, -cion, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ION -tiō. By surface analysis, this suffix is added to verbs derived from Latin perfect participle stems.

    Pronunciation

    Itself pronounced IPA(key): /ən/Category:English 1-syllable words#IONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ION, and changes the preceding consonant to /ʃ/ usually or /t͡ʃ/ or /ʒ/ in some cases.

    Suffix

    -ion (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ions)Category:English lemmas#IONCategory:English suffixes#IONCategory:English noun-forming suffixes#IONCategory:English uncountable nouns#IONCategory:English countable nouns#IONCategory:English countable nouns#IONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#IONCategory:Pages with entries#IONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ION

    1. (no longer productive) An action or process, or the result of an action or process.
    2. (no longer productive) A state or condition.
    Derived terms
    Category:Pages using catfix#ION
    English terms suffixed with -ion
    abacination
    abalienation
    abbreviation
    abdication
    abduction
    aberration
    abirritation
    abjudication
    ablation
    abligation
    abligurition
    abortion
    abrogation
    abruption
    absquatulation
    abstraction
    abstriction
    acceleration
    accentuation
    acception
    acclimation
    accommodation
    accredition
    accretion
    accrimination
    acculturation
    accumulation
    acetylation
    acrylation
    action
    activation
    actuation
    acuition
    addiction
    adduction
    adenylation
    adjudication
    adjuvation
    administration
    adoption
    adulteration
    adumbration
    aerostation
    affection
    affixion
    agglomeration
    aggression
    alleviation
    allocation
    altercation
    alternation
    ambition
    amelioration
    amplection
    amplexation
    amplexion
    angulation
    anhelation
    animation
    annihilation
    annotation
    antennation
    appreciation
    appropriation
    approximation
    aprication
    aprimoration
    arpeggiation
    arsenation
    arsenication
    articulation
    asphyxiation
    aspiration
    assassination
    assertion
    assibilation
    assimilation
    assimulation
    association
    assoziation
    -ation
    attenuation
    attraction
    attrition
    aureation
    autodidaction
    automation
    autosuperordination
    averruncation
    beration
    biangulation
    bibulation
    bifurcation
    biotinylation
    bloviation
    bombination
    brecciation
    burnination
    butylation
    cachinnation
    calcation
    calculation
    calibration
    calumniation
    cantillation
    cantion
    capacitation
    capitulation
    captivation
    carbonation
    carination
    carnation
    castration
    celebration
    chelation
    chlorination
    circulation
    circumcision
    circumduction
    circumspection
    circumvention
    coagulation
    coarctation
    codifferentiation
    cofractionation
    cognation
    coingestion
    collaboration
    collection
    colligation
    commemoration
    comminution
    communication
    compassion
    compellation
    compensation
    compersion
    completion
    complication
    compursion
    concentration
    concertion
    concussion
    conduction
    confession
    confiscation
    conflation
    confusion
    conglobation
    congratulation
    congregation
    conjugation
    connection
    consociation
    constellation
    consternation
    constipation
    constitution
    construction
    contemplation
    contraction
    contribution
    convection
    conviction
    convolution
    cooperation
    cooption
    coordination
    coronation
    corporation
    corruption
    cosecretion
    creation
    cremation
    crenellation
    culmination
    cultivation
    cumflation
    cupellation
    deattribution
    debation
    deconflation
    deconfliction
    deconglomeration
    deconstruction
    decoration
    decoronation
    deduction
    defalcation
    defibration
    deflation
    deflection
    defoliation
    defusion
    deglutition
    dehalogenation
    dejection
    delectation
    delection
    deletion

    Further reading

    • “-ion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

    Etymology 2

    Possibly reanalysed from inion, which is of Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ION origin. In many cases also analysable as the neuter form of an Ancient Greek adjective in -ιος (-ios).

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -ion (noun-forming suffix, plural -ions or -ia)Category:English lemmas#IONCategory:English suffixes#IONCategory:English noun-forming suffixes#IONCategory:English countable nouns#IONCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#IONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#IONCategory:Pages with entries#IONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ION

    2. An anthropometric reference point.
      dactylion
      Category:English terms with usage examples#ION
      1. Especially craniometric points
        gnathion
        Category:English terms with usage examples#ION
    Synonyms
    Derived terms
    Category:Pages using catfix#ION
    See also

    Etymology 3

    From Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ION ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “apogee”), containing -ιον (-ion). Compare also -iumCategory:English links with manual fragments#ION.

    Suffix

    -ion (noun-forming suffix, plural -ions or -ia)Category:English lemmas#IONCategory:English suffixes#IONCategory:English noun-forming suffixes#IONCategory:English countable nouns#IONCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#IONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#IONCategory:Pages with entries#IONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ION

    1. Together with apo- and peri-, forms names of specific apoapsides and periapsides.
    Derived terms
    Category:Pages using catfix#ION

    Anagrams

    Category:English unproductive suffixes#ION

    French

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -ion fCategory:French lemmas#IONCategory:French suffixes#IONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#IONCategory:French feminine suffixes#IONCategory:Pages with entries#IONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ION

    1. -ion

    German

     -ion on German Wikipedia

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -ion f (genitive -ion, plural -ionen)Category:German lemmas#IONCategory:German suffixes#IONCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#IONCategory:German feminine suffixes#IONCategory:Pages with entries#IONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ION

    1. -ion

    Middle English

    Etymology 1

    Suffix

    -ionCategory:Middle English alternative forms#IONCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#IONCategory:Pages with entries#IONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ION

    1. alternative form of -ien (“-ian”)

    Etymology 2

    Suffix

    -ionCategory:Middle English alternative forms#IONCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#IONCategory:Pages with entries#IONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ION

    1. alternative form of -ioun

    Volapük

    Suffix

    -ionCategory:Volapük lemmas#IONCategory:Volapük suffixes#IONCategory:Volapük entries with incorrect language header#IONCategory:Pages with entries#IONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ION

    1. -illion (used to form multiples of 1000: balion «million», telion 1.000.000.000, kilion 1.000.000.000.000)

    References

    Volapük Grammatical Forms

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-BrythonicCategory:Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic#IONCategory:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic#ION *-onos, *-onā. Cognate to Cornish -yon, Breton -ien.

    Alternative forms

    Suffix

    -ionCategory:Welsh lemmas#IONCategory:Welsh suffixes#IONCategory:Welsh plural suffixes#IONCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#IONCategory:Pages with entries#IONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ION

    1. Pluralisation suffix
      Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -od, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys
      ‎seiciatrydd (“psychiatrist”) + ‎-ion → ‎seiciatryddion (“psychiatrists”)
      ‎cymydog (“neighbour”) + ‎-ion → ‎cymdogion (“neighbours”)
      ‎mab (“son”) + ‎-ion → ‎meibion (“sons”)
    Usage notes
    • Causes i-affection of internal vowels, for example, ‎mab (“son”) + ‎-ion → ‎meibion (“sons”).

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    Suffix

    -ionCategory:Welsh lemmas#IONCategory:Welsh suffixes#IONCategory:Welsh noun-forming suffixes#IONCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#IONCategory:Pages with entries#IONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ION

    1. Noun suffix
      ‎tir (“land”) + ‎-ion → ‎tirion (“territory, plain, grassland”)
    Usage notes
    Derived terms
    Category:Pages using catfix#ION
    Category:English 1-syllable words Category:English 2-syllable words Category:English countable nouns Category:English entries with etymology trees Category:English lemmas Category:English links with manual fragments Category:English noun-forming suffixes Category:English nouns with irregular plurals Category:English suffixes Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek Category:English terms derived from Latin Category:English terms derived from Middle English Category:English terms derived from Middle French Category:English terms derived from Old French Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms derived from Proto-Italic Category:English terms inherited from Middle English Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with usage examples Category:English uncountable nouns Category:English unproductive suffixes Category:French 1-syllable words Category:French feminine suffixes Category:French lemmas Category:French suffixes Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation Category:German feminine suffixes Category:German lemmas Category:German suffixes Category:German terms with audio pronunciation Category:Middle English alternative forms Category:Pages using catfix Category:Pages using etymon with no ID Category:Pages with 6 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Pages with etymology trees Category:Volapük lemmas Category:Volapük suffixes Category:Welsh lemmas Category:Welsh noun-forming suffixes Category:Welsh plural suffixes Category:Welsh suffixes Category:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic Category:Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation