Monday, August 1, 2016

Over the Hill...of Summer

Our headline says we're over the hill...of summer - yes, we're into the dales.

I got to wondering about words that end in 'ship' - I was reading about hardship.  We who live in North America have the greatest prevalence of a soft life, but it isn't referred to as softship.  So what does 'ship' indicate?   


hard·ship
ˈhärdˌship/

noun
  1. severe suffering or privation.
    "intolerable levels of hardship"
     privation, deprivation, destitution, poverty, austerity, penury, want, need, neediness, impecuniousness;

-ship

suffix
1.
indicating state or condition: fellowship
2.
indicating rank, office, or position: lordship
3.
indicating craft or skill: horsemanship,workmanship, scholarship

Middle English, Old English -scipe; akin to shape; cognate with dialectal Frisian, dialectal Dutch schip

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