Etymograph

English

softship

From soft + -ship, modelled after hardship.

Formed from soft + -ship

Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) ‘level’

Old English sōfte

Middle English softe ‘soft’

English soft

Today it means

noun A situation marked by ease, comfort, or convenience.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “softship”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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