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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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At a small planning meeting a participant raises an open stopping hand and gives a headshake in disagreement with a proposal shown as a simple model footbridge, two other people listen.
noun

objection

ub-JEK-shun/əbˈdʒekʃn/

A statement or reason expressing opposition to something.

Etymology
obLatintoward, against; in the way
+jectLatinthrow, cast
+ionLatinan action, process, or result

An objection carries the image of throwing something against or in the way of something else. An argument brought forward against a claim became a statement of disagreement or opposition.

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