-kind

suffix

Used to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively from animate nouns

OriginMiddle English -kinde ← Old English cynn →
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Meanings

suffix-kind (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)
  1. uncountableUsed to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively from animate nouns

Origin

  1. Old Englishcynn“family, race”
  2. Middle English-kinde
  3. English-kind

From Middle English -kinde, -kunde, -kuinde, alteration (due to the noun kind (“type, class”)) of -kin, -kun, -cun, from Old English cynn (“family, race”), see kin. Most uses appear to have been formed by analogy with mankind.

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APA

-kind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-kind

MLA

“-kind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-kind. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-kind,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-kind.

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