Fection
/ˈfɛk.ʃən/noun
An obsolete noun meaning the act or process of making or creating.
Did you know?Fection belongs to the same Latin word-family that produced “fact,” “fashion,” and “feature,” all connected to the idea of making or doing.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dheh₁-
“To put, place, set, or make; a reconstructed root associated with creating or establishing.”
Classical Latin
Latin
faciō
“I make or do.”
Classical Latin
Latin
factiō
“A making, doing, or production; later also a faction or party.”
Middle English
Anglo-French/English
feccion
“Making, creation, or the act of doing.”
Modern English
English
fection
“An obsolete term for making or creation.”