-ition

-ition
a compound suffix of nouns, being -tion with a preceding original or formative vowel, or, in other words, a combination of -ite2 and -ion: expedition; extradition.
[ < L -ition- or -ition-, s. of -itio or -itio. See -ITE2, -ION]

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