-lock meaning
ENW-lock
- The suffix -lock in Modern English survives only in wedlock. It descends from Old English -lác which was more productive, carrying a meaning of "action or proceeding, state of being, practice, ritual".
- SuffixSUF-lock
- (no longer productive) action or proceeding, practice, ritual.
- (no longer productive) action or proceeding, practice, ritual.
Definition of -lock in English Dictionary
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