-hood
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English -hod, from Old English -hād, 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.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-hood
- A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.
- child - childhood
- A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state.
- brother - brotherhood
- neighbour - neighbourhood
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other terms ending in -hood
- falsehood
- likelihood
- livelihood
- unlikelihood
- hardihood
- lustihood
- brotherhood
- childhood
- fatherhood
- maidenhood
- maidhood
- manhood
- motherhood
- widowerhood
- widowhood
- womanhood
- sisterhood
- nationhood
- neighborhood
- statehood
- peoplehood
- selfhood
- singlehood
- villainhood
- statehooder
- godhood
- prophethood
- kinghood
- priesthood
- knighthood
- monkhood
- personhood
- sainthood
- servanthood
- serfhood
- victimhood
Translations edit
condition or state
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group
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Middle English edit
Suffix edit
-hood
- Alternative form of -hede