apprenticehood

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English apprentice

Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der.

Proto-Germanic *haiduzder.

Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder.

Old English -hād

Middle English -hede

English -hood

English apprenticehood

From apprentice + -hood.

Noun

apprenticehood (plural apprenticehoods)

1. (obsolete) apprenticeship

References

• “apprenticehood”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.