-ship

Etymology

From Middle English -shippe, from Old English -sciepe, -scipe ("shape, form, state"), from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Danish -skab.

Full definition of -ship

Suffix

Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being.fellow → fellowshipowner → ownership

Synonyms

(property or state of being) -ness, -hood, -itude, -th, -ity, -dom

Derived terms

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