-factioncomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. petrifaction n.

Forms: late Middle English -faccion, 1500s -factyon, 1500s– -faction.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -faction; Latin -factiōn-, -factiō.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French -faction (attested from the 12th cent. in loans from Latin, e.g. satisfaction satisfaction n.; formations within French are found from at least the 16th cent., e.g. tumefaction tumefaction n.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin -factiōn-, -factiō, use in compounds (e.g. satisfactiō satisfaction n.) of factiōn- , factiō faction n.¹ Compare -fication suffix, and see discussion at that entry.Attested earliest in the late 14th cent. in the French and Latin loan putrefaction n. Formations within English, frequently on Latin bases, are found sporadically from the first quarter of the 15th cent. (early examples are rubefaction n., nutrifaction n., and lubrifaction n.), and are frequent from the late 16th cent.

Forming nouns of action related to verbs in -fy suffix.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	-faction
释义	-factioncomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. petrifaction n. Forms: late Middle English -faccion, 1500s -factyon, 1500s– -faction. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -faction; Latin -factiōn-, -factiō. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French -faction (attested from the 12th cent. in loans from Latin, e.g. satisfaction satisfaction n.; formations within French are found from at least the 16th cent., e.g. tumefaction tumefaction n.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin -factiōn-, -factiō, use in compounds (e.g. satisfactiō satisfaction n.) of factiōn- , factiō faction n.¹ Compare -fication suffix, and see discussion at that entry.Attested earliest in the late 14th cent. in the French and Latin loan putrefaction n. Formations within English, frequently on Latin bases, are found sporadically from the first quarter of the 15th cent. (early examples are rubefaction n., nutrifaction n., and lubrifaction n.), and are frequent from the late 16th cent. Forming nouns of action related to verbs in -fy suffix. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < comb. form
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