Etymograph

English

kintype

From kin + type.

A compound of kin + type

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

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Proto-Germanic *kunją ‘race, generation, descent’

Proto-West Germanic *kuni ‘family, kin’

Old English cynn ‘kind, sort, rank’

Middle English kyn ‘a family’

English kin

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push’

Ancient Greek τύπτω ‘to strike’

Ancient Greek τύπος ‘mark’

Latin typus

Middle English type ‘symbol’

English type

Today it means

noun A kin relationship expressed in terms of the specific direct relationships involved, such as "mother's brother's son" rather than the more general "cousin".

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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