-hood
//hʊd// suffix
suffix ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Suffix
- 1 A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being. countable, morpheme, uncountable
"child + -hood → childhood"
- 2 A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state. countable, morpheme, uncountable
"brother + -hood → brotherhood"
Example
More examples"neighbour + -hood → neighbourhood"
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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