-hood
#suffix
〖名詞を作る〗状態, 性質, 職業, 身分.
1. forming nouns denoting a
condition
or
quality
:
falsehood
|
womanhood
.
状態や質を表す名詞を作る
2. forming nouns denoting a
collection
or
group
:
brotherhood
.
集合や集団を表す名詞を作る
ORIGIN
Old English
-hād
, originally an independent noun meaning ‘
person
,
condition
,
quality
’.