-hood

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hÊŠd/
• Rhymes: -ÊŠd

Origin

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.

Full definition of -hood

Suffix

1. 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
2. A group sharing a specified condition or state.brother - brotherhoodneighbor - neighborhood

Synonyms

• -head ()
• -ness
• -ship
• -itas
• -itude
• -th
• -ia
• -itia
• -ity
• -ability
• -ibility
• -icity
• -osity
• -ous
• -ose

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