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-ock

-ock suffix: forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense.

Suffix

-ock

  1. Forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense.
    • hillock, haddock, bullock, Drillock, ballock, maddock, paddock

Forms of -ock

alternative form-ick
alternative form-ik

Origin of -ock

From Middle English -ock, -ok, -uk, -uck, from Old English -oc, -uc (diminutive suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-uk, 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.

Questions about -ock

What does -ock mean?
-ock means forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense.
What part of speech is -ock?
-ock is a suffix.

Words near -ock in the dictionary

  1. -o-rama
  2. -o-saurus
  3. -oan
  4. -oate
  5. -obe
  6. -ock
  7. -ocracy
  8. -ocratic
  9. -odd
  10. -ode
  11. -odont

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