From Middle English kith and kynne.
Literally, friends (“kith”) and family (“kin”).
kith and kin pl (plural only)
- Both friends and family.
1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), chapter I (Mr. Sherlock Holmes), page 2: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[1]:Surely all those abominable rebels must see that their obstinacy and treachery redounds upon their own kith and kin.
both friends and family
- Arabic: آل (ar) (ʔāl) (this may or may not include friends; if friends to be specifically added then use "الصحب والآل". Note this is the old Arabic equivalence to Kith and Kin, for modern formal usage "الأصدقاء والأقارب" is typically used),
- Armenian: ազգուտակ (hy) (azgutak) (does not include friends)
- Bengali: কুটুম খেশ (bn) (kuṭum kheś)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 親朋戚友 / 亲朋戚友 (can1 pang4 cik1 jau5)
- Mandarin: 親友 / 亲友 (zh) (qīnyǒu), 親朋好友 / 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)
- Manx: caarjyn as mooinjer pl
- Middle English: kith and kynne
- Russian: родны́е и бли́зкие (rodnýje i blízkije)
- Spanish: parientes y amigos, allegados m pl
- Swedish: släkt och vänner c pl, nära och kära (sv)
- Yiddish: קינד־און־קייט n pl (kind-un-keyt)
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