kith

kith
kith (n.) O.E. cyðð "kinship, relationship; kinsfolk, fellow-countrymen, neighbors; native country, home; knowledge, acquaintance, familiarity," from cuð "known," pp. of cunnan "to know" (see CAN (Cf. can) (v.)). Cognate with O.H.G. chundida. The alliterative phrase kith and kin (late 14c.) originally meant "country and kinsmen" and is almost the word's only survival.

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