Main Entry:

¹kin

Pronunciation:

\ˈkin\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Old English cynn; akin to Old High German chunni race, Latin genus birth, race, kind, Greek genos, Latin gignere to beget, Greek gignesthai to be born

Date:

before 12th century

1: a group of persons of common ancestry : clan2 a: one's relatives : kindred b: kinsman <he wasn't any kin to you — Jean Stafford>3archaic : kinship