English, Etymology, -Ation

Etymology

From Middle English -acioun, -acion, from Old French acion, -ation, from Latin -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō (whence -tion), from Proto-Italic *-tjō, an n-stem extension of Proto-Indo-European *-tis.

Suffix

-ation

1. An action or process

   ‎sediment + ‎-ation → ‎sedimentation

2. The result of an action or process

   accumulation

3. A state or quality

   exhilaration