-ification

• -fication

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

-ification

1. The process of becoming.

• This suffix occurs in words of French or Latin origin, but is also productive in English. When applying the suffix -ation to a verb ending in -ify, -ification is used instead of the expected *-ifiation. Compare -ability.

• -ific
• -ificate
• -ifier
• -ify

Inherited from Old French -ification, in turn borrowed from Latin -ficātiōnem, a noun ending related to the supine ending -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in -ficō.

• IPA^(key): /i.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

-ification f (plural -ifications)

1. -ification

• -ifier