kin

English

/kɪn/

noun
Definitions
  • Race; family; breed; kind.
  • (collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
  • One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
  • Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
  • Kind; sort; manner; way.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English kin inherited from Old English cynn (race, kin, kind, family, quality, rank, pedigree, etiquette, sort, propriety, sex, offspring, people, generation, gender) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunją (kin, family, descent, race, generation, clan, portent, omen, miracle) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁yom, *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

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