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DictionaryRoot: -tio
Latin

-tio

an action, process, or result

Forms

  • -tio
  • -tion- — The longer Latin form.
  • -tion — The ending retained in many English nouns.

Origin

Latin -tio belongs to the older action-noun ending also seen as -io.

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A compact military supply crate contains a plain helmet, field canteen and boxed cartridges, with a simple rifle resting beside it, showing related military equipment and supplies together.
noun / verb

munition

myoo-NISH-un/mjunˈɪʃʌn/

Military equipment and supplies, or to provide them.

Etymology
muniLatinfortify, protect
+tionLatinan action, process, or result

From “fortify,” the noun first expressed fortification or defense. Its military-supplies meaning shifts attention from the act of defending to the weapons and materials used in war.

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