-ock


  1. a native English suffix of nouns, used to form descriptive names (ruddock, lit., the red one) and diminutives (hillock).

Origin of -ock

1
Middle English -ok,Old English -oc, -uc

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British Dictionary definitions for -ock

-ock

suffix forming nouns
  1. indicating smallness: hillock

Origin of -ock

1
Old English -oc, -uc

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