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NODE / 0991attestedLatin

-tiō

TRANSLITERATION -tiō

suffix of verbal action

DATE
Latin antiquity
SENSE
verbal action suffix
FAMILY
Indo-European / Italic
CANONICAL KEY
node:9:tio:attested:sense:verbal-action-suffix

The action-noun suffix used beside the fig- stem in fictiō.

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Beyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Latin -tiō component · fiction tio boundary

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No deeper parent is promoted for -tiō in this dossier.

SOUND
No deeper parent is promoted for Latin -tiō from the reviewed fiction source.
MEANING
The suffix branch reaches an explicit evidence boundary.
SCHOLAR
SET-U editorial boundary · Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
boundary — Only the action-noun role required by the headword source is asserted.
Fiction — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsFiction etymology identifies -tiō but supplies no deeper suffix history

Defines the reviewed suffix boundary.

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Latin · Latin antiquity · shaping feigning action

fictiō

action of shaping or molding; feigning; pretense; legal fiction

SOUND
Latin fictiō contains the verbal-action suffix -tiō beside the fig- stem.
MEANING
The suffix forms an action noun covering shaping, molding, feigning, and pretense.
CHRONOLOGY
A morphological relation inside Latin.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
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Fiction — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsFictiō from fig- plus -tiō, suffix of verbal action

Publishes the suffix component.

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STEP 04continuationestablished
Middle Englishficcioun→Present-Day English · 14th century–todayfictioninvented narrative; imaginative creation; pretense; legal assumption
SOUND
Middle English ficcioun develops into modern fiction through French-influenced spelling and English pronunciation.
MEANING
Mental invention expands into narrative, imaginative, legal, and pretense senses.
Merriam-Webster Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 970 ↗
Fiction — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word history and first known use: 14th century ↗

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