kin
1. kin \'kin\ n [ME, fr. OE cyn; akin to OHG chunni race, L genus birth, race], kind, Gk genos, L gignere to beget, Gk gignesthai to be born 1: a group of persons of common ancestry : CLAN 2a: one's relatives : KINDRED 2b: KINSMAN archaic 3: KINSHIP 2. kin aj : KINDRED, RELATED