Middle English kīnd(e) loses the final unstressed vowel and participates in the later vowel history that yields modern /aɪ/; no single spelling is made the donor for every dialect.
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kind
a nature or class; goods rather than money; natural, fitting, or benevolent
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English · natural fitting benevolent adjectivekīnd(e)
natural, innate, fitting, proper, native, affectionate, loving, or benevolent
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Natural, innate, fitting, proper, native, affectionate, and benevolent uses reorganize around the modern fitting and benevolent adjective.
Middle English into modern English.
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established — The adjective continuity and sense inventories are documented independently from the noun route.
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Kind — definition, etymology, and first known useKind adjective etymology and senses
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the modern adjective, Middle and Old English ancestry, and modern fitting and benevolent range.
Kīnd(e adj. — Middle English DictionaryMED24249, Forms and senses 1–5
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the medieval adjective spellings and natural, fitting, affectionate, and benevolent senses.
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