English Explanatory Dictionary

-kin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to -like.
  2. Used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort.
suffix
  1. Forming diminutives of nouns.

Word forms

-kin -kins

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-West Germanic *kuni Old English cynna Middle English -kin English -kin From Middle English -kin, -kinne, -kunne, from Old English cynna, the genitive plural of cynn (“kind, sort, rank”), used in compounds.

Synonyms

-cule -ee -el -et -ette -icle -ie -le -let -ling -ole -ule -y mini- micro- nano-

Related words

Jack mannikin mannequin ramekin ramequin -kins -chan
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