-ock

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Definition of -ock in English English dictionary

Forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense

e.g. hillock, haddock, bullock.

Related Terms

ock

A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock

Etymology

() From Middle English -ock from Old English -oc, -uc (diminutive suffix) from Proto-Germanic *-ukaz, *-ikaz. Akin to Old Saxon -ik (diminutive suffix), Middle Low German -ken (diminutive suffix), Middle Dutch -kin. More at -kin.