n.
Pronunciation: ' kin
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cynn; akin to Old High German chunni race, Latin genus birth, race, kind, Greek genos, Latin gignere to beget, Greek gignesthai to be born
Date: before 12th century
1 : a group of persons of common ancestry : CLAN
2 a : one's relatives : KINDRED b : KINSMAN <he wasn't any kin to you ― Jean Stafford>
3 archaic : KINSHIP