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-scape

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
-s-cape
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

form, formation, shape

suffix

scene, picture, view

suffix

A specific type of space

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -schap, -skap, *-skapiz

Inflected Forms

-scapes (plural)

Questions

What does -scape mean?
form, formation, shape
Where does -scape come from?
It is traced to Proto-Germanic.

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