Learn English – Word describing a word ending with “-tion”

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If it exists, what is a/the word describing a word ending with "-tion" (e.g. execution, exemption, perdition, definition, proposition, etc.)?

"A word ending with '-tion' is called a(n) __."

Best Answer

They are all Abstract nouns. They are mostly derived (probably via French) from Latin third declension nouns, mostly derived in turn from third conjugation verbs.

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