English

kind

/kaɪnd/
A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

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    Etymology 1

    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.

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynde, ġecynde (“innate, natural, native”), from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“nature, kind”).

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • partHawaiian Creoleda
    • partHawaiian Creolekine
    • rootProto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁- “to produce; to beget”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishkynde
      • inheritedOld Englishcynd
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*kundi
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*kinþiz
      • inheritedOld Englishcynde

    Related: English genesis (doublet), English gens (doublet), English jati (doublet), Old High German gikunt, Icelandic kind

    Words built on it: the, in-kind

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