-hood
English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /hʊd/
- Rhymes: -ʊd
Suffix
-hood
Derived terms
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Related terms
other terms ending in -hood
Translations
condition or state
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See also
Middle English
References
- “-hed(e (suf.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.
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