Where does “-tio” come from?

-tio (New Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -tjō, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

-tio (New Latin): -tion, -ation, -ing

Definitions

  1. -tion, -ation, -ing

Ancestry of “-tio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-tjō
2Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tisEvery word from Proto-Italic -tjō
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