The story
- Middle English · inherited fromneiȝboreheed
- English todayneighbourhead
From Middle English neiȝboreheed, equivalent to neighbour + -head (“-hood”). Doublet of neighbourhood. Cognate with Scots nechbourhede, nichbourhede, neychbourheid, nichbourheid, neborhed (“neighbourhood”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.