English
loving-kindness
From loving + kindness.
A compound of loving + kindness
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
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Proto-West Germanic *kundi
Old English cynd ‘that which is acquired or inherent from…’
Middle English kynde ‘natural, kind’
Middle English kyndenesse ‘Affection, friendliness’
English kindness
Today it means
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Etymograph / loving-kindness