-ificationsuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the third syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g.
etherification n.Etymology: < -i- connective + -fication suffix.The -i- either represents the classical Latin stem-vowel, as in glori-(a)-fication, molli-fication, fruct-i-fication, or acts as connecting vowel, as in oss-i-fication.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2019).