friendship English · revision 5551

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1000}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈfrend.ʃɪp/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|frendship]], [[inh|ang|frēondscipe|t=friendship, mutual liking]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) formed from [[m|ang|frēond|t=friend]] and the suffix -scipe.^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) See [[friend]] and [[-ship]].^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) Dutch vriendschap and German Freundschaft are similar formations.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A friendly relation or intimacy: about 1000 in the OED.^(OED 1989) In Old English it could also mean conjugal love.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The state of being friends is recorded in the OED from about 1175.^(OED 1989) Friendly feeling shown towards someone is from before 1300.^(OED 1989) A friendly act or favour (1535) and friends collectively (about 1400) are obsolete.^(OED 1989) Johnson's sense, an aptness to unite or correspondence between things, is from 1695.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1000 – a friendly relation.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1175 – the state of being friends.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1300 – friendly feeling.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1535 – a favour (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A relationship between [[friend|alt=friends]].^(SOED 2002)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The state of being friends; friendly feeling.^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prefriendship]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[friend]]

+ * [[friendly]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}