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Translation

operation (surgical); operation (military or planned)

Word origin

From Latin operatio, the noun of operari ('to work'), from opus ('a work'). The Latin ending -atio arrived attached, so the word came into Esperanto in one piece.

Origin
Latin
Root
operatio
English cognates
operation, opera, operate

Examples

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The doctor explained the operation to the patient.

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After the operation she stayed in the hospital for three days.

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The army prepared a large operation.

There is no -aci- suffix in Esperanto, so do not try to peel one off here. The root is -, borrowed whole, and the -acio you can see is Latin -atio in Esperanto spelling rather than anything the language builds with. The verb is operacii, and a surgeon operacias a patient, while i would be a different word altogether.

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This word is part of lesson 34.