Etymology

relationship

re·lat·ion·ship
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Today it means: A connection or association; the condition of being related. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English relation
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  1. Englishrelation
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. English todayrelationship

From relation + -ship. Displaced native Old English sibb.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.