Where does “kin” come from?
Kin comes from Middle English kyn, from Old English cynn, from Proto-Germanic kunją, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-, meaning to beget or produce.
kin (English): Race; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same...
Definitions
- Race; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same...
Ancestry of “kin”, step by step
kin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English fictionkin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fictionkin | An individual whose personal identity is based in fiction of some kind: a fictional character, a fictional race or species, etc |
| 2 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 3 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 4 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 5 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Middle English kyn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | kyn | Alternative form of kyne |
| 2 | Middle English | kie | plural of cou |
| 3 | Old English | cȳ | cows |
| 4 | Old English | cū | cow |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kō | cow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *kōz | cow |
via Chinese 晉
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 晉 | "orig." increase |