-ification

Alternative forms

• -fication

Origin

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, derived from compounding with faciō.

Surface analysis -ify("to become") + -ic("characteristic, quality (adjective)") + -ation("process, nominal") (see below).

Full definition of -ification

Suffix

1. the process of becoming.

Related terms

• -ific
• -ificate
• -ifier

Derived terms

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