-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

tuition

too-ISH-uhn/tuˈɪʃn/

Money charged for teaching at a school or college.

The student pays tuition at the college cashier's window.

Student pays tuition at college cashier window: hands pass payment card toward terminal beside a plain fee slip reading only Tuition and500; small mortarboard rests nearby, no additional writing.

Etymology

tuitLatinlook at, watch, or protect

+ionLatinan action, process, or result

Looking after someone developed into teaching through the tutor’s role as guardian. The payment sense probably arose as a shortening of “tuition fees,” with tuition still meaning instruction.

In context

Jean-Denis Haas16:16

what the school offers this is how is the tuition how much money does it cost

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More examples

Tuition increased at the college last year.
He saved money to pay next semester's tuition.
The program offers help with tuition costs.

Forms

tuition

Similar words

fee: Any charge, not specifically for instruction.
school costs: May include housing and supplies in addition to tuition.