'actorship' originates from the English word 'actor' combined with the suffix '-ship', where 'actor' meant 'a person who acts' and '-ship' denotes a state or condition.

'actor' changed from the Latin word 'actor' and eventually became the modern English word 'actor'.

Initially, it meant 'a person who acts in plays or movies', and over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'the state or condition of being an actor'.