-faction

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See also: fraction and faction

English

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Etymology

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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

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-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

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References

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

Further reading

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