Morpheme
-ion
Type
suffix
Denotation
noun suffix denoting a state, condition, or action
Etymology
rebracketing of Middle and Old French -tion, -cion; Latin -tiōnis, -tiōnem, from -tiō and Latin -iōnis, -iōnem, from -iō
Evidence
action, affixion, -ation, champion, coercion, contusion, deduction, election, expression, fraction, fusion, inflation, invention, inversion, lotion, potion, projection, region, section, station, stylion, suffixion, suspicion, transition, union
Notes
in all words with <cion, sion, tion, xion>, the initial consonant is part of a preceding base or other suffix
