dedication
ded-ih-KAY-shun · noun
Origin
Dedication entered English between 1350 and 1400 as Middle English dedicacioun, borrowed from Old French dedicacion, meaning the consecration of a church or chapel. That French word in turn came from Latin dēdicātiō, formed from dēdicātus plus the suffix -iōn.
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The word is built from Latin dēdicātus plus -iōn.