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Use -hood in a Sentence
a native English suffix denoting state, condition, character, nature, etc., or a body of persons of a particular character or class, formerly used in the formation of nouns: childhood; likelihood; knighthood; priesthood.
Origin:
ME -hode, -hod, OE -hād (c. G -heit), special use of hād condition, state, order, quality, rank
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-hood  
suff.  

    1. Condition; state; quality: manhood.

    2. An instance of a specified state or quality: falsehood.

  2. A group sharing a specified state or quality: sisterhood.


[Middle English -hed, -hode, from Old English *-hǣdu, -hād.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

-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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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