-scape

See also: scape

English

Etymology

Abstracted from landscape, the suffix representing Middle Dutch -schap (“-ship”), from Old Dutch -skap (“-ship”), from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz (“-ship”), from *skapaz (“shape, form”). Cognate with Modern Dutch -schap (“-ship”), German -schaft (“-ship”), Swedish -skap (“-ship”), Old English -sceap, -scipe (“-ship”). More at -ship, shape.

Suffix

-scape

1. form, formation, shape
2. scene, picture, view
3. A specific type of space

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -scape

Anagrams

• EPACs, Space, capes, paces, space