"-faction" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: Borrowed from French -faction, from Latin factio, factiōnem (“an act of making or doing”), from faciō (“I make, do”) + -tiō (action noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fr|-faction|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French -faction, {{bor+|en|fr|-faction}} Borrowed from French -faction, {{der|en|la|factio}} Latin factio, {{m|la|factiōnem|t=an act of making or doing}} factiōnem (“an act of making or doing”), {{affix|la|faciō|-tiō|nocat=1|pos2=action noun suffix|t1=I make, do}} faciō (“I make, do”) + -tiō (action noun suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|suffixes}} -faction
  1. The act of creating something, or (more broadly) any process involving the specified thing. Tags: morpheme

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