-hood
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editSuffix
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
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editother 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
editcondition or state
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group
See also
editAnagrams
editMiddle English
editSuffix
edit-hood
- Alternative form of -hede
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ʊd
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English suffixes