Kyndrede

Part of speech: noun, adjective

Definitions

1. Blood relations collectively, meaning a family or tribe of people connected by descent ; having a close resemblance or shared nature with something else
2. A group of people related by blood or marriage, such as one's family line ; sharing essential qualities or a similar character with another thing
3. The body of one's relatives taken together, especially those descended from a common ancestor ; alike in spirit, nature or temperament to something else

Etymology: In Old English, the ancestor of this word was "cynrǣden," built from "cyn," meaning "kin," and "ræden," meaning "condition" or "state." Kindred therefore began as a term for the state of being kin, a family relationship, before it came to name the relatives themselves. The same "-red" ending survives in "hatred," which comes from Old English "hetrǣden," literally "hate-state." Once you see it, the suffix is a small clue that these words were formed by attaching a noun to a sense of condition, and English kept the pattern long after the meaning of "ræden" faded from everyday speech.