-ship
-ship
Origin:
Middle English, Old English -scipe; akin to shape; cognate with dialectal Frisian, dialectal Dutch schip
Middle English, Old English -scipe; akin to shape; cognate with dialectal Frisian, dialectal Dutch schip
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| -ship | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| 1. | indicating state or condition: fellowship |
| 2. | indicating rank, office, or position: lordship |
| 3. | indicating craft or skill: horsemanship; workmanship; scholarship |
| [Old English -scipe; compare | |
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-ship
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-ship
O.E. -sciepe, Anglian -scip "state, condition of being," from P.Gmc. *-skapaz (cf. O.N. -skapr, O.Fris. -skip, Du. -schap, Ger. -schaft), from base *skap- "to create, ordain, appoint." Cognate with O.E. gesceape (see shape).
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