-faction

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See also: fraction and faction

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French -faction, from Latin factio, factiōnem (“an act of making or doing”), from faciō (“I make, do”) +‎ -tiō (action noun suffix).

Suffix

-faction

  1. 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

English terms suffixed with -faction
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References

  1. ^ “-faction, comb. form”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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