Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation Inherited from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, a learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō, from *-tis + *-Hō. In words inherited…
used to form nouns relating to the action of specified verbs; -ation; -tion
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin -tiōnem, as a learned form. The original inherited form of the suffix, -zone and -zzone or in some cases -gione, is today less common but found in words such as ragione, stagione, cagione, canzone, punzone, acquazzone, tizzone, etc.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiōnemlbor. Portuguese -ção Learned borrowing from Latin -tiōnem. The suffix is in many cases a semi-learned form partially borrowed from Latin to make new words, but also corresponds with the old inherited form that it was based on (as evidenced by words such as canção), which…
Usually added to foreign verbs to form nouns of actions or processes, like English -ation, -tion.
köken: Ultimately from Latin -atio; found only in words borrowed from other languages (compare English -ation, French -ation, Spanish -ación, German -azion, Italian -zione).