-thon
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.
-thon
suffix
indicating a large-scale event or operation of a specified kind telethon
word origin
c20: on the pattern of marathon
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