7 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
noun a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
noun (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
originEtymology tree English kin Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English kinship From kin + -ship.
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