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Middle English -hode, -hod, Old English -hād (cognate with German -heit), special use of hād condition, state, order, quality, rank
Middle English -hode, -hod, Old English -hād (cognate with German -heit), special use of hād condition, state, order, quality, rank
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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| -hood | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| 1. | indicating state or condition of being: manhood; adulthood |
| 2. | indicating a body of persons: knighthood; priesthood |
| [Old English -hād] | |
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-hood
"state or condition of being," from O.E. -had "condition, position," cognate with Ger. -heit, Du. -heid, all from P.Gmc. *khaidus. Originally a free-standing word, cf. O.E. hed "position, dignity," O.N. heiðr "honor, dignity," Goth. haidus "manner;" it survives in Eng. only in this suffix.
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