Cessation同Cease有冇親戚關係

cessation 與 cease 是有關係的noun和verb, 致於如何形成就牽渉到「文字起源」和歷史的複雜問題。如有興趣, 可以參考以下網址。
英文的起源
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080622061317AA0SuKR


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Cease
American Heritage Dictionary

Cease

[Middle English cesen, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessāre, to stop, frequentative of cēdere, to yield; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]


Cessation

[Middle English cessacioun, from Old French cessation, from Latin cessātiō, cessātiōn-, from cessātus, past participle of cessāre, to stop; see cease.]
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由此來見, cease和cessation都係源自法文和拉丁文。 但係verb如何變做noun, 就沒有特別交代。以一個「外行人」的角度來看, 佢就似是cease 加上suffix (-ion, -tion 或者 -ation) 而變成的noun。依我估計, 造字的時候除了要考慮spelling之外, 還要考慮到pronunciation 是否順口, 可能這就是cessation跟cease字的頭半部有明顯分別的原因。要比較讀音上的分別, 你可以click下發聲字典http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Cessation的喇叭聽下。

http://myword.info/sendword.php?tion_1-a
My word definition

http://www.michigan-proficiency-exams.com/suffix-list.html
Suffix list


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