-ification

Meaning

1. Forms nouns denoting the act or process whereby a subject becomes something else.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English -ificacioun (ending on words generally borrowed whole from Old French), from Old French -ification, in turn from Latin -ficātiō, a noun ending which appears on action nouns formed using the suffix -tiō (English -tion) from verbs ending in -ficō (English -ify). Compare -faction.

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