-sion
Word Origin
1
a noun suffix appearing in loanwords from Latin:
compulsion.
Compare -tion.
Origin
< Latin, equivalent to -s(us), variant of -tus past participle suffix + -iōn- -ion
Related Words
- -tion
- transcension
-siona suffix having the same function as -tion, as in compulsion.
[Latin -sio, from -s, final surd in past participle stem + -io, noun suffix. Compare -tion]-sion
suffix
- forming nouns such as mansion, persuasion［构成名词, 如mansion, persuasion］。
词源
from Latin participial stems ending in -s + -ION .
-sion
Suffix
- Variant of -tion, most common in words inherented directly from Latin with an accusative singular ending in -sionem.
- allusion, confusion, vision
Etymology
Latin, from words suffixed with -iō with a preceding -s-.
后缀：-sion [名词后缀]
表示行为、行为的过程或结果、情况、性质，与-ion同，它所构成的名词大多由以-d，-de ,-i为结尾的动词派生而来（如：expand→expansion，decide→decision，covert→conversion）
expansion 扩张，扩展
conclusion 结论，结束
decision 决定
comprehension 理解
declension 倾斜
collision （车船）碰撞
suspension 悬挂，停止
extension 伸展，延伸
division 分开，分割
conversion 转变，变换