Word origin
[1525–35; ‹ L
prehēnsiōn- (s. of
prehēnsiō) a taking hold, equiv. to
prehēns(
us) (ptp. of
prehendere to seize, equiv. to
pre- pre- +
-hendere to grasp; akin to
get) +
-iōn- -ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1525–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: battery, function, secure, shuffle, spoiler-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)