kith and kin

English

Etymology

Literally, friends (“kith”) and family (“kin”).

Noun

kith and kin pl (plural only)

1. Both friends and family.
   • late 14th century, John Gower, Confessio Amantis, Book V‎^[1]:

     First she made hym the flees to wynne:
     And after that from kith and kynne,
     With great treasore with hym she stale:

Translations

both friends and family

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 親朋戚友, 亲朋戚友 (can¹ pang⁴ cik¹ jau⁵)

  Mandarin: 親友 (zh), 亲友 (zh) (qīnyǒu), 親朋好友 (zh), 亲朋好友 (zh) (qīnpénghǎoyǒu)

• Dutch: bloed- en zielverwanten pl
• Finnish: perhe ja ystävät
• Galician: achegados m pl, familiares e amigos m pl, íntimos m pl
• German: Freunde und Familie pl

• Hungarian: hozzátartozók (this may or may not include friends; if not, "és barátok" can be added), barátok és rokonság, pereputty (hu)
• Japanese: 家蔵 (ja) (かぞう, kazō)
• Manx: caarjyn as mooinjer pl
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: parientes y amigos, allegados m pl
• Swedish: släkt och vänner c pl, nära och kära
• Yiddish: קינד־און־קייט‎ n pl (kind-un-keyt)

See also

• kith and kine