-ification

• -fication

From Middle English -ificacioun (ending on words generally borrowed whole from Old French), 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 (English -ify), derived from compounding with faciō.

• IPA^(key): /ɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

-ification

1. The process of becoming.

Occurs in words of French or Latin origin, but also productive, instead of expected *-ifation, from -ify (“become”) + -ation (“process of”); compare -ability.

• -ific
• -ificate
• -ifier
• -ify

Inherited from Old French -ification, in turn borrowed from Latin -ficātiōnem, a noun ending related to the supine ending -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in -ficō.

• IPA^(key): /i.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

-ification f (plural -ifications)

1. -ification

• -ifier