Etymology

mankind

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Today it means: The human race in its entirety. Full definition →

Middle English mankynde ← Old English mancynn
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mankind · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited frommancynn
  2. Middle English · inherited frommankynde
  3. English todaymankind

From Middle English mankynde, alteration (due to kynde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier mankyn, from Old English mancynn. Equivalent to man + kin, and/or man + -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind”). See also mankin.

Mankind · proper noun2

From mankind, man + -kind, translated from Arabic.

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