-kin
English
suffix
Definitions
- (now) Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to -like (-like).
- A suffix used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English -kin inherited from Old English cynna.
Origin
Old English
cynna
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pepo English
- pumpkin English
- peponem Latin
- pepō Latin
- popone Italian
- -ke Dutch, Flemish
- pampoen Dutch, Flemish
- pompoen Dutch, Flemish
- πέπων Ancient Greek
- *-ukaz Proto-Germanic
- -oc Old English
- cynna Old English
- -kin Middle English
- -ock Middle English
- -ok Middle English
- -ken Middle Dutch
- pompon Middle French