-kin


-kin

or -kinssuff. Little one: devilkin.
[Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch -kijn, -kin.]

-kin

suffix forming nouns small: lambkin. [from Middle Dutch, of West Germanic origin; compare German -chen]

kin

(kɪn)

n. 1. all of a person's relatives; kindred. 2. a relative or kinsman. 3. a group of persons tracing or claiming descent from a common ancestor, or constituting a family, clan, tribe, or race. 4. someone or something of the same or similar kind. 5. family relationship or kinship. adj. 6. of the same family; related; akin. 7. of the same kind or nature; having affinity. Idioms: of kin, related; akin. [before 900; Middle English; Old English cyn; c. Old Saxon, Old High German kunni, Old Norse kyn, Gothic kuni; akin to Latin genus, Greek génos, Skt jánas. compare gender1] kin′less, adj.

-kin

a diminutive suffix of nouns: catkin. [Middle English < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German -ken]