AKIN

[adjective] [after verb] - similar; having some of the same qualitiesThe way the police treated him was akin to the worst sort of torture.They speak a language akin to French. -al [suffix] - used to add the meaning 'connected with' to adjectives, or 'the action of' to nouns I have a medical (= connected with medicine) question for you.If we get the bank's approval (= act of approving) the project can go ahead.