[1600–10; ‹ LL expūnctiōn- (s. of expūnctiō) a blotting out, equiv. to L expūnct(us) blotted out (ptp. of expungere to expunge) + -iōn- -ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1600–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adaptation, alpine, operate, progressive, setup-ion is a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, usedin Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion)