"-craft" meaning in English

See -craft in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -crafts [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft From Middle English -craft, -creft, from Old English -cræft (“art or skill in”), from cræft (“art, skill”). More at craft. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:inh|enm:-craft<ety:inh<ang:-cræft>>|id=craft|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kraftuz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kraftu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "cræft", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-cræft", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-craft", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-craft", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="craft" data-lang="en" data-title="-craft" id="English:_craft">, {{inh|en|enm|-craft}} Middle English -craft, {{inh|en|ang|-cræft|t=art or skill in}} Old English -cræft (“art or skill in”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} -craft (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -crafts)
  1. A skill of a particular kind. Tags: morpheme, uncountable, usually Synonyms: -work Translations (skill of a particular kind): де́ло (délo) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 0 0

Suffix

Forms: -craft [plural], -crafts [nonstandard, plural]
Etymology: From craft (“vehicle, vessel”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|id=vessel}} Head templates: {{en-noun|*|s<l:nonstandard>}} -craft (noun-forming suffix, plural -craft or (nonstandard) -crafts)
  1. A vehicle of a particular type. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--craft-en-suffix-en:vehicle Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 0 0

Suffix

Etymology: Back-formation from Minecraft; ultimately from etymology 1 above. Etymology templates: {{bf|en|Minecraft}} Back-formation from Minecraft Head templates: {{en-prop}} -craft (proper noun-forming suffix)
  1. A Minecraft mod or server with a particular theme. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--craft-en-suffix-en:Minecraft Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Minecraft Disambiguation of English back-formations: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Minecraft: 0 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

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  "title": "-craft",
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}

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