-scape

Meaning

1. (morpheme) form, formation, shape
2. (morpheme) scene, picture, view
3. (morpheme) A specific type of space

Synonyms

scape

-ship

Translations

-schaft

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: -schap

Cognate with German: -schaft

Cognate with Swedish: -skap

Cognate with Old English: -sceap

In summary

Back-formation from landscape, the suffix representing Middle Dutch -schap (“the English suffix -ship, e.g. of friendship, kinship, ownership”), from Old Dutch -skap (“-ship”), from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz (“-ship”), from *skapaz (“shape, form”). Cognate with Modern Dutch -schap (“-ship”), German -schaft (“-ship”), Swedish -skap (“-ship”), -scipe (“-ship”). More at -ship, shape.