kith and kin
English
Etymology
From Middle English kith and kynne. Literally, friends (“kith”) and family (“kin”).
Noun
- Both friends and family.
- 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, 3rd edition, London, New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., […], published 1892, →OCLC:
- I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air—or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be.
- 1916, Baroness Orczy, Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders:
- Surely all those abominable rebels must see that their obstinacy and treachery redounds upon their own kith and kin.
Translations
both friends and family
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