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kinsfolk

Middle English kynsefolke

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Middle English · inherited fromkynsefolke
English todaykinsfolk

From Middle English kynsefolke, after kynnesman (modern English kinsman), equivalent to kin + -s- + folk.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.