worship
WUR-ship · noun
Origin
Worship comes from Middle English worschippe/worthschipe, which comes from Old English weorþsċiepe. By surface analysis it breaks down into wor(th) plus -ship, the same suffix that turns qualities into states, as in friendship.
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Related words
It's cognate with Scots worschip, which carries the same meaning, showing how closely Scots and English preserved this old word side by side.