supportation

noun

plural -s

1

obsolete : support

2

obsolete : supportance sense 2

Word History

Etymology

Middle English supportacion, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin supportation-, supportatio, from Late Latin, endurance, bearing, from supportatus (past participle of supportare to endure) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion

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