-hood
suffix /hʊd/
  /hʊd/
in nouns- the state or quality of
- childhood
 - falsehood
 
 - a group of people of the type mentioned
- the priesthood
 
More Like This SuffixesSuffixes- -able
 - -age
 - -al
 - -ance
 - -ant
 - -arian
 - -ary
 - -dom
 - -ee
 - -er
 - -ese
 - -esque
 - -ess
 - -fold
 - -ful
 - -hood
 - -ify
 - -ion
 - -ish
 - -ism
 - -ist
 - -ista
 - -ite
 - -itis
 - -ize
 - -less
 - -let
 - -ling
 - -ly
 - -ment
 - -most
 - -ness
 - -oid
 - -or
 - -ous
 - -ship
 
 
Word OriginOld English -hād, originally an independent noun meaning ‘person, condition, quality’.