"-kind" meaning in English

See -kind in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Middle English -kinde, -kunde, -kuinde, alteration (due to the noun kind (“type, class”)) of -kin, -kun, -cun, from Old English -cynn (“of or belonging to a specified race or family”), from cynn (“family, race”), see kin. Most uses appear to have been formed by analogy with mankind. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-kinde}} Middle English -kinde, {{m|enm|-kunde}} -kunde, {{m|enm|-kuinde}} -kuinde, {{m|en|kind|t=type, class}} kind (“type, class”), {{m|enm|-kin}} -kin, {{m|enm|-kun}} -kun, {{m|enm|-cun}} -cun, {{inh|en|ang|-cynn|t=of or belonging to a specified race or family}} Old English -cynn (“of or belonging to a specified race or family”), {{m|ang|cynn||family, race}} cynn (“family, race”), {{l|en|kin}} kin, {{m|en|mankind}} mankind Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -kind, {{en-suffix}} -kind
  1. Used to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively from animate nouns Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--kind-en-suffix-66qYUGSF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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