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-hood

//hʊd// suffix

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Suffix
  1. 1
    A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being. countable, morpheme, uncountable

    "child + -hood → childhood"

  2. 2
    A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state. countable, morpheme, uncountable

    "brother + -hood → brotherhood"

Etymology

From Middle English -hode, from Old English -hād, from Proto-West Germanic *-haidu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (compare -head). Cognate with German -heit, -keit, Dutch -heid, Afrikaans -heid, Swedish -het, Elfdalian -iet, Norwegian Bokmål -het, Norwegian Nynorsk -heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Elfdalian, Norwegian and Danish endings were borrowed from Middle Low German.

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