-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”), Old English -sceap, -scipe (“-ship”). More at -ship, shape.

Suffix

-scape

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

Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -scape

Anagrams
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