Where does “provincehood” come from?
provincehood (English) comes from English -hood, from Middle English -hede, from Old English -hād, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
provincehood (English): The status of being a province
Definitions
- The status of being a province
Ancestry of “provincehood”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -hood | A substantive suffix denoting a condition or... |
| 2 | Middle English | -hede | Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns... |
| 3 | Old English | -hād | -hood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |