-cion

variant of -tion: suspicion.

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Nearby words

-chroic, -chrome, -chroous, -cidal, -cide, -cion, -clase, -clasis, -cle, -cleisis, -cline

Origin of -cion

< Latin, equivalent to -c- final in v. stem + -iōn- -ion

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