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Where does “neighborhood” come from?

Neighborhood derives from Middle English neȝeburrede, a compound of neighbor and the suffix -red meaning condition or state.

neighborhood (English): The quality of being a neighbor, of living...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being a neighbor, of living...

Ancestry of “neighborhood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishneȝeburredde—

Words derived from “neighborhood”

  • neighborhoody
  • microneighborhood
  • neighborhoodlike
  • neighborhood electric vehicle
Every word from Middle English neȝeburredde →