Etymology

narration

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Today it means: The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating. Full definition →

Middle French narration ← Old French narracion ← Latin narrātiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromnarrātiō
  2. Old French · derived fromnarracion
  3. Middle French · derived fromnarration
  4. English todaynarration

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.

Words from the same roots

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