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kin
[ kin ]
/ kÉŖn /
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noun (used with a plural verb)
adjective
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Idioms about kin
Origin of kin
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English cyn; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German kunni, Old Norse kyn, Gothic kuni; akin to Latin genus, Greek gƩnos,Sanskrit jƔnas; see gender1.
OTHER WORDS FROM kin
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Other definitions for kin (2 of 2)
-kin
a diminutive suffix of nouns: lambkin.
Origin of -kin
Middle English <Middle Dutch, Middle Low German -ken; cognate with German -chen
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British Dictionary definitions for kin (1 of 2)
kin
/ (kÉŖn) /
noun
a person's relatives collectively; kindred
a class or group with similar characteristics
See next of kin
adjective
(postpositive) related by blood
a less common word for akin
Word Origin for kin
Old English cyn; related to Old Norse kyn family, Old High German kind child, Latin genus kind
British Dictionary definitions for kin (2 of 2)
-kin
suffix forming nouns
smalllambkin
Word Origin for -kin
from Middle Dutch, of West Germanic origin; compare German -chen
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Other Idioms and Phrases with kin
kin
see kith and kin.
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