kin

C2+ Topic:Family & Relationships

US /kɪn/ UK /kɪn/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
one's family and relations collectively

After the funeral, her kin gathered to share old memories.

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Etymology

From Old English cynn ('family, race, kind'), from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁- ('to give birth, beget').

cynn Old English *kunją Proto-Germanic *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# kin

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kɪn/
**IPA (UK):** /kɪn/

## Meanings
1. one's family and relations collectively

## Examples
- After the funeral, her kin gathered to share old memories.

## Synonyms
- relatives
- family
- relations
- kindred
- kinfolk
- kinsfolk

## Antonyms
- strangers

## Related Forms
- kindred
- kinship
- akin
- kinsman

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cynn
- Root: *kunją
- Root: *ǵenh₁-

## Etymology
From Old English cynn ('family, race, kind'), from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁- ('to give birth, beget').

## AI Etymology
Kin is from Old English cynn ('family, race, kind'), from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁- ('to give birth, beget'). Important recorded forms include cynn (Old English), *kunją (Proto-Germanic), and *ǵenh₁- (Proto-Indo-European). The current sense covers one's family and relations collectively. The wider family includes related words such as kindred, kinship, akin, and kinsman.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships

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