-ation

-ation
-ation -a"tion [L. -ationem. See {-tion}.] A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization. [1913 Webster]

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  • -ation — Suffix tion …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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