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Meaning of -hood in English:

-hood

suffix

  • 1Forming nouns denoting a condition or quality.

    ‘falsehood’
    ‘womanhood’

  • 2Forming nouns denoting a collection or group.

    ‘brotherhood’

Origin

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

Pronunciation

-hood

/hʊd/