alkin

Meaning

Adjective

  • Of all or every kind; all kinds or sorts of; intermingled and various.

Origin

  • From Middle English alkin, alkinnes, from Old English ealle cynn, from eall (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-) + cynn (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-). The English word is analysable as all + kin. Compare Swedish allsköns, Danish alskens.

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