-faction
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French -faction, from Latin factio, factiōnem (“an act of making or doing”), from faciō (“I make, do”) + -tiō (action noun suffix).[1]
Suffix
[edit]-faction
- The act of creating something, or (more broadly) any process involving the specified thing.
- lith- (“stone”) + -i- + -faction → lithifaction (“the compaction and cementation of sediment into rock”)
- aer- (“air”) + -i- + -faction → aerifaction (“aeration, hyperinflation of the lungs”)
Derived terms
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References
[edit]- ^ “-faction, comb. form”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
[edit]- “-faction”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.