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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
KIN.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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KIN,
relationship, affinity, genus, race. (E.) M.E. kun, kyn,
kin. 'I haue no kun þere' = I have no kindred there; P.
Plowman, A. vi. 118, where some MSS. have kyn; spelt kynne, id. B. v.
639.—A.S.
cynn; Grein, i. 177. + O. Sax. kunni. + Icel. kyn, kin, kindred, tribe; whence
kynni, acquaintance. + Du. kunne, sex. + Goth. kuni, kin, race,
tribe. β. All from a Teut. base KONYA, a tribe, from the Teut. root
KAN, equivalent to Aryan ✔GAN, to generate; whence Lat. genus.
See Genus, Generate. Der. from the same source are
kind, q.v., kindred, q.v.,
king, q.v. Also kins-man = kin's man = man of the
same kin or tribe, Much Ado, v. 4. 112; kins-woman, id. iv. 1. 103; kins-folk,
Luke, ii. 44.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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