-ock
suffix forming nouns
indicating smallness
⇒
hillock
Origin
Old English -oc, -uc-ock
Word Origin
1
a native English suffix of nouns, used to form descriptive names (ruddock, lit., the red one) and diminutives (hillock).
Origin
Middle English -ok, Old English -oc, -uc
Related Words
- bittock
- bullock
- buttock
- coke
- dovekie
- dunnock
-ocka noun suffix used to make descriptive names, as in ruddock (literally, the red one); diminutives, as in hillock; etc.
[Middle English -ok, Old English -oc, -uc]-ock
noun suffix
hillock
noun suffix
ETYMOLOGY Middle English -oc, from Old English
: small onehillock
-ock
suffix
- forming nouns originally with diminutive sense[构成名词]表示“小的”, “小型的”:
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haddock
pollock.
- ■ also occasionally forming words from other sources[有时也构成来自其他词源的词]:
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bannock
hassock.
词源
Old English -uc, -oc.
ORIGIN: Old English -oc , -uc .
-ock
suffix. diminutive, as in dunnock, hillock.
[Middle English -ok, Old English -oc, -uc]
-ock
\ək or, in many words, ik or ēk\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English -oc, -ok, from Old English -uc, -oc
: small one
< bittock >
< lassock >
< bittock >
< lassock >
-ock
Suffix
- Forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense.
- hillock, haddock, bullock, drillock, ballock, maddock, paddock
Etymology
From Middle English -ock, from Old English -oc, -uc (diminutive suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-ukaz (“diminutive suffix”). Akin to Old Saxon -ik (diminutive suffix), German -ich, Middle Low German -ken (diminutive suffix), Middle Dutch -kin, Old Norse -kr (diminutive suffix). More at -kin.