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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-kind

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.45 in modern English

Syllables
-kind
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Used to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively from animate nouns

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English -kinde, -kunde, -kuinde, alteration (due to the noun kind (“type, class”)) of -kin, -kun, -cun, from Old English cynn (“family, race”), see kin. Most uses appear to have been formed by analogy with mankind.

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Questions

What does -kind mean?
Used to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively from animate nouns
Where does -kind come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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