-HOOD


Meaning of -HOOD in English

suffix (in nouns)

1.

the state or quality of :

childhood

falsehood

2.

a group of people of the type mentioned :

the priesthood

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English -hād , originally an independent noun meaning person, condition, quality .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.