-ioun

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French -ion, from Latin -iō, -iōnem.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-iˈuːn/[1], /-jun/

Suffix

-ioun

  1. (not productive) Forms nouns from French or Latin roots; -ion.[2]
Derived terms
Middle English terms suffixed with -ioun
abstraccyone
accioun
comunioun
creacion
pollucioun
questioun
rebellioun
translacioun
Descendants
  • English: -ion
References
  1. ^ Sandved, Arthur (1985), “9. Derivational Suffixes”, in Introduction to Chaucerian English (Chaucer Studies; 11), Part II: Morphology, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41.
  2. ^ “-iǒun, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ioun

  1. alternative form of -ien (“-ian”)
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