Etymology

kinship

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Today it means: Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English kin
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  1. Englishkin
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. English todaykinship

From kin + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.