[kin] n [ME, fr. OE cynn; akin to OHG chunni race, L genus birth, race, kind, Gk genos, L gignere to beget, Gk gignesthai to be born] (bef. 12c) 1: a group of persons of common ancestry: clan
2. a: one's relatives: kindred b: kinsman "he wasn't any ~ to you --Jean Stafford" 3 archaic: kinship
[2]kin adj (1597): kindred, related