Etymology

neighbourship

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Today it means: The state or condition of being neighbours; a connection or relationship between people or things which is based simply on living close geographically. Full definition →

Middle English nychtbourschype
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromnychtbourschype
  2. English todayneighbourship

From Northern Middle English nychtbourschype, neȝeborusipe, equivalent to neighbour + -ship. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noaberskup (“neighbourship”), West Frisian neibuorskip (“neighbourship”), Dutch nabuurschap (“neighbourship”), German Low German Naberskupp, Naverschop (“neighbourhood; neighbourship”), German Nachbarschaft (“neighbourship; neighborhood”), Danish naboskab (“neighbourship”), Swedish naboskap (“neighbourship”).

Words from the same roots

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neighborship

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.