"-kin" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kind"
      },
      "expansion": "table",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-kin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -kin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-kinne"
      },
      "expansion": "-kinne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-kunne"
      },
      "expansion": "-kunne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cynna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cynna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cynn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "kind, sort, rank"
      },
      "expansion": "cynn (“kind, sort, rank”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle English -kin, -kinne, -kunne, from Old English cynna, the genitive plural of cynn (“kind, sort, rank”), used in compounds.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-kin",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-kin",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "alkin"
        },
        {
          "text": "Dutchkin"
        },
        {
          "text": "ilkin"
        },
        {
          "text": "weirdkin"
        },
        {
          "text": "whatkin"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to -like."
      ],
      "id": "en--kin-en-suffix-V-eKGdnq",
      "links": [
        [
          "-like",
          "-like#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly dialectal) Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to -like."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "otakukin"
        },
        {
          "text": "otherkin"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A suffix used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort."
      ],
      "id": "en--kin-en-suffix-YKQGDnr9",
      "links": [
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "sort",
          "sort"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "plural -kin",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural -kin) A suffix used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-kin"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-kin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -kin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ken"
      },
      "expansion": "-ken",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ke"
      },
      "expansion": "-ke",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-k"
      },
      "expansion": "-k",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-ca"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -ca",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-ce"
      },
      "expansion": "-ce",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "-ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch -ken",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -chen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-chin"
      },
      "expansion": "-chin",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-ċen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -ċen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ikīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-ukīn"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ukīn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-ik"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ik",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-uk"
      },
      "expansion": "*-uk",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-oc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -oc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-īn"
      },
      "expansion": "*-īn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-en"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -en",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -ken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "-ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German -ken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "German -chen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-ċen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -ċen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English -kin, -ken (also as -ke, -k), perhaps from Old English -ca, -ce, but more likely from Middle Dutch -ken (compare cognate Middle English -chen, -chin, from Old English -ċen), apparently representing Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, *-ukīn, a double diminutive, from *-ik, *-uk (> Old English -oc) + *-īn (compare Old English -en). Cognate with Dutch -ken, Low German -ken, German -chen, Old English -ċen. More at -ock, -en.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-kin",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-kin",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 41 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 34 63",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Otherkin",
          "orig": "en:Otherkin",
          "parents": [
            "Mysticism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forming diminutives of nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--kin-en-suffix-en:diminutive",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutives",
          "diminutives"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now archaic) Forming diminutives of nouns."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "from Middle English Jankin",
          "word": "Jack"
        },
        {
          "word": "mannikin"
        },
        {
          "word": "mannequin"
        },
        {
          "word": "ramekin"
        },
        {
          "word": "ramequin"
        },
        {
          "word": "-kins"
        },
        {
          "word": "-chan"
        }
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:diminutive"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-ie"
        },
        {
          "word": "-let"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ling"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ock"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-kin"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "en:Otherkin"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kind"
      },
      "expansion": "table",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-kin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -kin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-kinne"
      },
      "expansion": "-kinne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-kunne"
      },
      "expansion": "-kunne",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cynna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cynna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cynn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "kind, sort, rank"
      },
      "expansion": "cynn (“kind, sort, rank”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle English -kin, -kinne, -kunne, from Old English cynna, the genitive plural of cynn (“kind, sort, rank”), used in compounds.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-kin",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-kin",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "alkin"
        },
        {
          "text": "Dutchkin"
        },
        {
          "text": "ilkin"
        },
        {
          "text": "weirdkin"
        },
        {
          "text": "whatkin"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to -like."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-like",
          "-like#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly dialectal) Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to -like."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "otakukin"
        },
        {
          "text": "otherkin"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A suffix used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "sort",
          "sort"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "plural -kin",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural -kin) A suffix used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-kin"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "en:Otherkin"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-kin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -kin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ken"
      },
      "expansion": "-ken",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ke"
      },
      "expansion": "-ke",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-k"
      },
      "expansion": "-k",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-ca"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -ca",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-ce"
      },
      "expansion": "-ce",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "-ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch -ken",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -chen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-chin"
      },
      "expansion": "-chin",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-ċen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -ċen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ikīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-ukīn"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ukīn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-ik"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ik",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-uk"
      },
      "expansion": "*-uk",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-oc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -oc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-īn"
      },
      "expansion": "*-īn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-en"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -en",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -ken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "-ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German -ken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "German -chen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-ċen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -ċen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English -kin, -ken (also as -ke, -k), perhaps from Old English -ca, -ce, but more likely from Middle Dutch -ken (compare cognate Middle English -chen, -chin, from Old English -ċen), apparently representing Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, *-ukīn, a double diminutive, from *-ik, *-uk (> Old English -oc) + *-īn (compare Old English -en). Cognate with Dutch -ken, Low German -ken, German -chen, Old English -ċen. More at -ock, -en.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-kin",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-kin",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "from Middle English Jankin",
      "word": "Jack"
    },
    {
      "word": "mannikin"
    },
    {
      "word": "mannequin"
    },
    {
      "word": "ramekin"
    },
    {
      "word": "ramequin"
    },
    {
      "word": "-kins"
    },
    {
      "word": "-chan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forming diminutives of nouns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutives",
          "diminutives"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now archaic) Forming diminutives of nouns."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:diminutive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-ie"
    },
    {
      "word": "-let"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ling"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ock"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-kin"
}