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-kin
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kin"
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English -kin, -kinne, -kunne, from Old English cynna, the genitive plural of cynn (“kind, sort, rank”), used in compounds.
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-kin
- (now chiefly dialectal) Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to -like.
- (plural -kin) Used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort.
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Etymology 2
From Middle English -kin, -ken (also as -ke, -k), perhaps from Old English -ca, but more likely from Middle Dutch -ken (compare cognate Middle English -chen, -chin, from Old English -ċen), apparently representing Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, *-ukīn, a double diminutive, from *-ik, *-uk (> Old English -oc) + *-īn (compare Old English -en). Cognate with Dutch -ken, Low German -ken, German -chen, Old English -ċen. More at -ock, -en.
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-kin
- (now archaic) Forming diminutives of nouns.
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Basque
Suffix
-kin
- alternative form of -gin (“maker, doer”)
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