boyfriendship en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English boyfriend Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English boyfriendship From boyfriend + -ship.
Meanings
-
(rare, uncountable) The quality or state of being someone's boyfriend
Back home, visions of boyfriendship danced through my head.
2009 January 18, Katherine Ruppe, “A Guest Star in His Romantic Drama”, in New York Times: