-ship
See also: ship and Ship
English
Etymology
From Middle English -shippe, -schippe, from Old English -sciepe, -scipe (“shape, form, state”), from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Danish -skab.
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.
- fellow → fellowship
- owner → ownership
Synonyms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-ship'>English words suffixed with -ship</a>
Translations
Property or state of being
|
|
Anagrams
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.