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coalition → co + ale + (ite + ion) Bound base: <ale>
?contraption → con + trapt + ion
gumption → gumpt + ion Base element (as suggested by Neil Ramsden): <gume / gumpt> But we couldn’t find any Related words Scots also spelled gum(p)shi(o)n, gumsh(e)on, gumsion gumtion. Phonology: [gʌmʃən] Denotation and Etymology: 1719, Scottish, "common sense, shrewdness," also "drive, initiative," possibly connected with M.E. gome "attention, heed," from O.N. gaumr "heed." Originally "common sense, shrewdness," sense of "initiative" is first recorded 1812 . Origin unknown, possibly obscurely connected with goam , maybe related to rumgumption Ref: Dictionary of the Scots Language; Harper Online Etymological Dictionary
Infarction → ? + ion Base: < > Related words: Denotation:
?libation → libe + ate + ion Base: <libe > Related words: Etymology: M.E. libacioun, from L. lībātiō, lībātiōn-, from lībātus, past participle of lībāre, ‘to pour out as an offering’.
portion Base: <portion> - there is not suffix Conclusion: we found many words that used <port> as a base and discovered that they came from two roots: L portare meaning ‘to carry, bring, bear’ as in <import> and <export> and L. portus meaning ‘harbour, haven, door, gate, access’ as in <portal>. But neither of these was the root for <portion>. It has a denotation of ‘part’ and seems to have come into English from Old French in its current form and so we conclude that the base is <portion> and so there is no |
The Odd Ones Out
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aberration → aberrate + ion → aber + (ate + ion) Bound base: <aber>
abolition → abol + (ite + ion) Bound base: <abol>
accretion → accrete + ion Free base: <accrete> back formation Etymology: Latin accrētiō, accrētiōn-, from accrētus, past participle of accrēscere, ‘to grow’.
?admonition
?annexation →
apparition → ap + pare + (ite + ion) L. apparere ‘to appear’
?beatification
carnation → carn + (ate + ion) incarnation, reincarnation Base: <carn> Related words: carnal, incarnate, carnivore Denotation from L. carnatio, carn ‘flesh’ |
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suffix. Etymology: Origin: 1250–1300; ME porcion from OF from L portiōn- ,portiō ‘share, part’ from L. pars, partis ‘part’
ruction Base: <ruction> Etymology: 19 century: perhaps an alteration of <insurrection>
?sanitation
superstition → + ion M.E. supersticion, from O.F. superstition, from L. superstitiō, superstitiōn-, from superstes, superstit-, ‘standing over’. |
Key to Symbols:L.— Latin LL.— Late Latin OF.— Old French AF.— Anglo-French AN.—Anglo-Norman Fr.— French OE.— Old English ME.— Middle English Gr.— Greek ptp—past participle
Ref.— References All References are from the Real Spelling Toolkit and supporting Anthologies |
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