word-forming element attached to verbs, making nouns of state, condition, or action, from French -ion or directly from Latin -ionem (nominative -io, genitive -ionis), common suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs.
Io
iodic
iodide
iodine
iodize
-ion
ion
Ionian
ionic
Ionic
ionization
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