Meaning

noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

adjective having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

adjective agreeable, conducive to comfort

originFrom Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“inherent nature, disposition, kind, gender, generation, race”), from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, related to Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, kin”) and Old English cennan (“to bear, give birth”). Cognate with Old High German gikunt (“nature, kind”), Icelandic kind (“race, species, kind”). Doublet of gens,…

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