-ition

suffix forming nouns, = -ATION (admonition; perdition; position).
Etymology: from or after F -ition or L -itio -itionis

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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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suffix (forming nouns) equivalent to -ation (as in audition, rendition)

Origin:

from French, or from Latin -itio(n)-

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-ition [-ition] ;

» ↑-ion

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-ition, suffix

repr. F. -ition, L. -itiōnem, -ītiōnem, forming nouns of action from verbs with ppl. stem in -it- or īt-, as in position from posit-us, audition from audīt-us. It is really a case of the suffix -ion¹, q.v. Instances occur of its non-etymological employment, as in acuition, acutition.