See also:

• 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 (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Du. kunne, See also:

• DAN

Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic See also:

• BASE

base is kunya; the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent See also:

• ARYAN

Aryan See also:

• 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 gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, See also:

• LAT

Lat. genus, cf. "See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind")  , a collective word for persons related by See also:

• BLOOD

blood, as descended from a See also:

• COMMON

common ancestor . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the See also:

• TERM

term " next of See also:

• 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 " is applied to the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or persons who, as being in the nearest degree of blood relationship to a person dying intestate, See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share according to degree in his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate (see See also:

• INTESTACY (Lat. intestates, one who has not made a will, from testari, to, bear witness)

INTESTACY, and See also:

• INHERITANCE

INHERITANCE) . " Kin " is frequently associated with " kith " in the phrase " kith and kin," now used as an emphasized See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " kin " for See also:

• FAMILY

family relatives . It properly means one's " See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and kin," or one's " See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends and kin." Kith (O.E. cyMe and cy5, native See also:

• LAND

land, acquaintances) comes from the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem of cunnan, to know, and thus means the land or See also:

• PEOPLE

people one knows familiarly . The suffix -kin, chiefly surviving in See also:

• ENGLISH

English surnames, seems to have been See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early used as a diminutive ending to certain See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian names in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders and See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland . The termination is represented by the diminutive -then in See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, as in Kindchen, Hduschen, &c . Many English words, such as " See also:

• PUMPKIN

pumpkin," " firkin," seem to have no diminutive significance, and may have been assimilated from earlier forms, e.g .