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- pronunciation:
- sae
tihs
faek
sh
 n
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- Word Explorer, Word Parts
The word satisfaction
contains the following parts:
fac, fic, fec, fact, fect
Latin
root
that means make, do
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This root is also the origin of the suffixes "-fy, -ify, -efy" and "-ification, -efaction".
Example words:
affect, affection, artificial, beneficial, benefit, deficient, effect, efficient, fact, factory, fiction, infect, manufacture, sacrifice, satisfaction, satisfactory, significant, sufficient
sati, satis
Latin
root
that means enough; full
Example words:
-faction, -ification, -efaction
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of making or becoming
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The suffix -ification
, -efaction
forms nouns from verbs ending in -ify, -efy, -fy. It is a compound of fac, fic, fec, fact, fect + -ion. The -fy and -efy forms become -efaction
(stupefy, stupefaction); -ify becomes -ification
(magnify, magnification).
Example words:
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
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The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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