'creaturehood' is formed in Modern English from the noun 'creature' + the suffix '-hood'. 'Creature' originates from Old French 'creature', ultimately from Latin 'creatura', where the root 'creare' meant 'to create'. The suffix '-hood' originates from Old English 'hād', meaning 'state' or 'condition'.

'creature' passed from Latin 'creatura' into Old French as 'creature' and into Middle English as 'creature'; the suffix '-hād' in Old English became the productive Modern English '-hood'. The compound 'creaturehood' is a Modern English formation combining these elements to express 'the state of being a creature'.

Individually, 'creature' originally meant 'that which is created' and '-hood' meant 'state or condition'; together they developed the specific sense 'the condition of being a creature' often with theological or philosophical nuance in Modern English.