-athon
a suffix extracted from marathon, occurring as the final element in compounds which have the general sense “an event, as a sale or contest, drawn out to unusual length, often until a prearranged goal, as the contribution of a certain amount of money, is reached”: walkathon; readathon .
also, -a-thon, -thon.
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suffix of the nature of the thing specified problematic word origin from french -atique, from greek -atikos
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a combination of -ate1. and -ion, used to form nouns from stems in -ate1, (separation); on this model, used independently to form nouns from stems of other origin: starvation. -ation suffix indicating an action, process, state, condition, or result arbitration, cogitation, hibernation, moderation compare -ion, -tion word origin from latin -ātiōn-, suffix of abstract nouns, […]
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-atorium suffix used to form nouns place where an indicated thing is done: drinkatorium/ lubritorium/ printorium