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DictionaryRoot: -atio
Latin

-atio

an action, process, or result

Forms

  • -atio
  • -ation- — Latin stem used outside the basic noun form.
  • -ation — Borrowed into English through French and Latin.

Origin

Latin -a-, associated with one class of verbs, plus the action-noun suffix -tio.

Note

The same formation can name either doing something or what the action produces.

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Several satisfied neighbors warmly recommend a skilled local bicycle repairer to a newcomer, pointing toward his careful work and nodding approvingly; collective opinion visible, no text.
noun

reputation

rep-yuh-TAY-shun/ˌrepjuˈteɪʃn/

The general opinion people have of someone or something.

Etymology
reLatinback, again; restoration or reversal
+putLatintrim, clear up, or reckon
+ationLatinan action, process, or result

Judging or thinking something over, with re- perhaps suggesting repetition, underlies the original sense of consideration or reckoning. This became the estimation in which others hold someone, whether favorable or unfavorable.

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