-kin

suffix

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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.

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