-ification
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See also -ificâtion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French -ification, in turn from Latin -ficātiō, a noun ending related to the supine ending -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in -ficō, derived from compounding with faciō.
Surface analysis -ify + -ic + -ation (see below).
Suffix[edit]
-ification
- -ify (“to become”) + -ic (“characteristic, quality (adjective)”) + -ation (“process, nominal”) – the process of becoming.
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other terms ending in -ification
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Suffix[edit]
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