borrowship
borrowship · borrowships
Suretyship or the act of borrowingSuretyship or the act of borrowing.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, rare)Suretyship or the act of borrowing.
Origin
A calque of Middle English borweschipe, equivalent to borrow + -ship. Cognate with SaterlaA calque of Middle English borweschipe, equivalent to borrow + -ship. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Buurchskup (“suretiship”), Dutch borgschap (“suretiship”), German Low German Börgskupp, Börgschop (“suretiship”), German Bürgschaft (“suretiship”)
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