[1350–1400; ME defloracioun ‹ OF defloracion ‹ LL dēflōrātiōn- (s. of dēflōrātiō) a plucking of flowers, equiv. to dēflōrāt(us) (ptp. of dēflōrāre to deflower) + -iōn- -ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1350–1400. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: absolute, flash, kick, register, tune-ion is a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, usedin Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion)