The story
- Latin · derived fromsūctiō, sūctiōnem
- English todaysuction
From Latin sūctiō, sūctiōnem (whence -ion), attested since Late Latin and derived from sūctus, past participle of sūgō (“to suck”). Attested in English since the early 17th century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.