My guess is that words ending in -tion originally came from French.  I believe that most words ending in -ment are also nouns.
 
Elizabeth Clark



> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:36:16 +0000> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: tion & nouns> To: [log in to unmask]> > I teach middle school. One of the teachers in my district (not my building) said that all words that end in -tion are nouns. I never heard that before, but I thought of all the words I could that end in -tion. I think he might be right.> > Then I thought maybe all words that end in just -ion are nouns. Am I right? Maybe this information will help my students, but I don't want to tell them something wrong.> > If all words that end is -ion are nouns, can someone tell me why? Is there some history about those words?> Thanks!> Jan> > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at:> http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html> and select "Join or leave the list"> > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/
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