[1660–70; ‹ LL ēmīct(us) (ptp. of ēmingere to make water) (equiv. to ē- e- + mig- urinate (c. OE mīgan, ON mīga) + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1660–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adhesive, aspirate, indicator, sketch, vocalize-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)