英语词汇-ion的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	-ion
词源	-ion word-forming element attached to verbs, making nouns of state, condition, or action, from French -ion or directly from Latin -ionem (nominative -io, genitive -ionis), common suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs. Entries linking to -ion -ation the end of some nouns of action; see -ate + -ion. automation n. 1948, in the manufacturing sense, "the large-scale use of automatic equipment in production," coined by Ford Motor Co. Vice President Delmar S. Harder, from automatic (adj.) + -ion. Earlier (1838) was automatism, which meant "quality of being automatic" in the classical sense. -ationautomation (n.)circumnavigation (n.)exertion (n.)fellation (n.)flocculation (n.)indirection (n.)levitation (n.)motivation (n.)prospection (n.)syndication (n.)-tion updated on September 28, 2015
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