Origin

C20: on the pattern of marathon

☞ -athon

-thonvariant of -athon, used after vowels, as in telethon.

-thon, suffixVar. -athon used in some words, as telethon.1954Amer. Speech XXIX. 229 The word moviethon is merely the most recent in what promises to be a long list of words created arbitrarily by means of the -thon suffix.1963R. I. McDavid Mencken's Amer. Lang. 228 Rockerthon, poolathon and pianothon appeared in Canada in 1955.

-thon suffix see -athon.

-thon

Suffix

Alternative form of -athon

Derived terms

telethon

radiothon

词汇	-thon
词根词缀	Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie OED SOED Wiktionary -thon suffix forming nouns indicating a large-scale event or operation of a specified kind ⇒ telethon Origin C20: on the pattern of marathon ☞ -athon -thonvariant of -athon, used after vowels, as in telethon. -thon, suffixVar. -athon used in some words, as telethon.1954Amer. Speech XXIX. 229 The word moviethon is merely the most recent in what promises to be a long list of words created arbitrarily by means of the -thon suffix.1963R. I. McDavid Mencken's Amer. Lang. 228 Rockerthon, poolathon and pianothon appeared in Canada in 1955. -thon suffix see -athon. -thon Suffix Alternative form of -athon Derived terms telethon radiothon
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