-ship
See also: ship and Ship
English
Etymology
From Middle English -schipe, -shippe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz.
Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Swedish -skap, Icelandic -skapur. Related to shape.
Suffix
-ship
- Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character.
- fellow → fellowship
- owner → ownership
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -ship
Translations
Property or state of being
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Middle English
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