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the recognition that someone is yours before you've earned the right to claim them.
means People connected to you by blood or by a deep, shared affinity — your family, your tribe, the ones you feel related to.
from From Old English 'cynn' (kin, family, race) — the same root behind 'kin' and 'kind' — joined with the suffix '-red,' from Old English 'rǣden' meaning condition or state (as in 'hatred'). So 'kindred' is literally the *state of being kin*. The intrusive 'd' crept in during Middle English, where 'kinred' picked up an extra consonant the way 'thunor' became 'thunder' — the tongue likes to slip a 'd' between an 'n' and an 'r.'
- old root
- From kin plus a once-dead 'd' that crept in
- redundant kin
- Means 'kin-kind' — kinship said twice over
- spirit bond
- Kindred spirits feel like family without shared blood
- verb past
- 'Kindle' once meant to give birth, related
kindred spirit — concept popularized by lucy maud montgomery in anne of green gables (1908), describing deeply compatible souls
kindred healthcare — largest provider of post-acute care services in the united states with 2,400+ facilities as of 2024