KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root as is seen in "

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• KIN (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all Teutonic languages, cf. Du. kunne, Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic base is kunya; the equivalent Aryan root gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, Lat. genus, cf. "kind")

kin," supra)  , a word in origin meaning birth, nature, or as an adjective, natural . From the application of the term to the natural disposition or characteristic which marks the class to which an object belongs, the general and most common meaning of " class," genus or species easily develops; that of race, natural order or group, is particularly seen in such expressions as " mankind." The phrase " payment in kind," i.e. in goods or produce as distinguished from money, is used as equivalent to the Latin in specie; in ecclesiastical usage " communion in both kinds " or " in one kind " refers to the elements of bread and wine (Lat. species) in the Eucharist .