Where does “kintype” come from?

kintype (English) comes from English kin, from English fictionkin, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

kintype (English): A kin relationship expressed in terms of the...

Definitions

  1. A kin relationship expressed in terms of the...

Ancestry of “kintype”, step by step

kintype traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkinRace; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same...
2EnglishfictionkinAn individual whose personal identity is based in fiction of some kind: a fictional character, a fictional race or species, etc
3EnglishfictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative...
4Middle EnglishficciounAn invention or fabrication
5Old Frenchficciondissimulation, ruse, invention
6Latinfictiofashioning, forming, formation; fiction
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English type

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtypeA grouping based on shared characteristics; a...
2Middle Englishtypesymbol, figure, emblem
3Latintypusfigure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,...
4Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
5Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-