-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 / verb

section

SEK-shun/ˈsekʃn/

A distinct division of a larger whole, or dividing something into such parts.

One section of the tray holds a separate set of objects.

One section of a segmented wooden tray highlighted by contents.

Etymology

sectLatincut

+ionLatinan action, process, or result

The pieces originally named an act of cutting or dividing. The meaning then shifted from the action to its result: a part cut off or separated from the rest.

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More examples

She sectioned the orange before serving it.
Several sections of the report needed revision.
They have sectioned the material for examination.

Forms

section · sections · sectioned · sectioning

Similar words

part: Any portion of a whole.
segment: A distinct division or length of something.