Etymology

kinkeeping

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Today it means: The maintaining and strengthening of familial ties. Full definition →

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The story

From kin + keeping. Coined by sociologist Carolyn Rosenthal in 1985.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.