kith and kin
Noun
  1. Both friends and family.
    • late 14th C., John Gower, Confessio Amantis, Book V[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gsMnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=kith+and+kynne+(Gower)&source=bl&ots=pHt5Dg3kPj&sig=ACfU3U3MvGXKCnCW-R7f0WJbE_37003N1A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjiq6yHzNjkAhUBfSsKHf4tDAwQ6AEwDHoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=kith%20and%20kynne%20(Gower)&f=false]:
      First she made hym the flees to wynne:
      And after that from kith and kynne,
      With great treasore with hym she stale:
Translations
  • German: Freunde und Familie
  • Spanish: parientes y amigos, allegados



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