■ suffix forming nouns:
1》 denoting a condition or quality: womanhood.
2》 denoting a collection or group: brotherhood.
Origin
OE -hād , orig. an independent noun meaning 'person, condition, quality'.
■ suffix forming nouns:
1》 denoting a condition or quality: womanhood.
2》 denoting a collection or group: brotherhood.
Origin
OE -hād , orig. an independent noun meaning 'person, condition, quality'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004