[kɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- one's family and relations
(e.g: many elderly people have no kin to turn to for assistance)


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Origin:
Old English cynn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kunne, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘give birth to’, shared by Greek genos and Latin genus ‘race’

[kɪn], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person) related
(e.g: he was kin to the brothers)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English cynn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kunne, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘give birth to’, shared by Greek genos and Latin genus ‘race’