Etymograph

English

holdership

From holder + -ship.

Formed from holder + -ship

Proto-Germanic *haldaną ‘to hold, to keep’

Proto-West Germanic *haldan ‘to hold’

Old English healdan ‘to hold fast, to grasp’

Middle English holden ‘to hold’

English hold

English holder

Today it means

noun The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / holdership