-kind en · X
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- (morpheme, uncountable) Used to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively from animate nouns