A fascination is a powerful interest that holds your attention. A lifelong fascination, hold a fascination, fascination with the sea.
It takes with when the object is named. The Latin behind it means bewitching, and the word once described being held by a spell rather than by curiosity — which is still the flavour, since a fascination is not quite chosen.
1nounfascinationA powerful interest that holds your attention.
“He has a lifelong fascination with trains and can name every model.”
fascination is an interest.
Latin fascinatio comes from fascinare, to bewitch or cast the evil eye.
Ancient Greek
βασκαίνιεν — to speak ill of; to curse
English, today
fascination
From Latin - fascinare ("to bewitch"), possibly from Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν (“to speak ill of; to curse”). Morphologically fascinate + ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA