-scape

See also: scape

English

Etymology

    Back-formation from landscape, the suffix representing Middle Dutch -schap (“the English suffix -ship, e.g. of friendship, kinship, ownership”), from Old Dutch -skap (“-ship”), from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz (“-ship”), from *skapaz (“shape, form”). Cognate with Modern Dutch -schap (“-ship”), German -schaft (“-ship”), Swedish -skap (“-ship”), -scipe (“-ship”). More at -ship, shape.

    Suffix

    -scape (noun-forming suffix, plural -scapes)

    1. form, formation, shape
    2. scene, picture, view
    3. A specific type of space

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