kine-

See also: kine, Kine, kiné, kině, and kiñe

English

Etymology 1

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to move”).

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Prefix

kine-

  1. movement
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Etymology 2

From Middle English kyne-, from Old English cyne- (“royal, kingly”), from Proto-Germanic *kuni-, *kuniz (“offspring, generation, race”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵene-, *ǵnē- (“to give birth, be born”). More at kin, kind.

Prefix

kine-

  1. (obsolete, no longer productive) royalty; kingship.
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