-hood
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old English -hād, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz, via Middle English -hode (compare -head). Cognate with German -heit, Dutch -heid, Swedish -het, Norwegian -het/-heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Norwegian and Danish endings are borrowed from West Germanic.
Pronunciation [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-hood
- A condition or state of being the thing or being in the role denoted by the word it is suffixed to, usually a noun.
- child - childhood
- A group sharing a specified condition or state.
- brother - brotherhood
- neighbor - neighborhood
Synonyms [edit]
- -head (obsolete)
- -ness
- -ship
- -itas
- -itude
- -th
- -ia
- -itia
- -ity
- -ability
- -ibility
- -icity
- -osity
- -ous
- -ose
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
other terms ending in -hood
Translations [edit]
condition or state
group