DictionaryRoot: -io
Latin
-io
an action, process, or result
Forms
- -io
- -ion- — The longer form used before Latin endings.
- -ion — The form carried into many English nouns.
Origin
An old Latin noun ending, inherited from earlier Indo-European word formation.
Note
The ending can name both an activity and what that activity produces.
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noun
celebration
sel-ih-BRAY-shun/ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn/
An observance honoring a significant occasion.
Etymology
Latin celebrare connected honoring something with assembling in large numbers. Celebration carries that public, festive image into the sense of an event or act that honors something with joy.
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- adhesion
- admissionEntry or acceptance
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