-ock
- a native English suffix of nouns, used to form descriptive names (ruddock, lit., the red one) and diminutives (hillock).
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Origin of -ock
Middle English -ok, Old English -oc, -uc
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-ock
- indicating smallnesshillock
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Word Origin for -ock
Old English -oc, -uc
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