## Meanings
1. A group of people or things that share the same qualities; a type or category.
2. Caring and gentle toward others; ready to help and forgive.
3. Gentle and not harmful; good for someone or something.

## Examples
- What kind of person are you?
- Our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke.
- A dry climate is kind to people with asthma.

## Synonyms
- child
- derivative
- generation
- genre
- offspring
- sort
- type

## Derived Forms
- breadkind
- first-of-its-kind
- five-of-a-kind
- four-of-a-kind
- grant-in-kind
- in-kind
- kinda
- kindful
- kindhearted
- kindish
- kindless
- kindly

## Related Forms
- kin
- kindhood
- kindred
- kinship

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵenh₁-
- Root: kynde
- Root: cynd
- Root: *kundi
- Root: *kinþiz

## Etymology
From Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“inherent nature, disposition, kind, gender, generation, race”), from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, related to Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, kin”) and Old English cennan (“to bear, give birth”). Cognate with Old High German gikunt (“nature, kind”), Icelandic kind (“race, species, kind”). Doublet of gens, genesis, and jati. See also kin.

## AI Etymology
Kind comes from Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“inherent nature, disposition, kind, gender, generation, race”), from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, related to Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, kin”) and Old English cennan (“to bear, give birth”). Cognate with Old High German gikunt (“nature, kind”), Icelandic kind (“race, species, kind”). Doublet of gens, genesis, and jati. See also kin. The historical line also includes *ǵenh₁-.

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