kith
/kɪθ/noun
(用于短语kith and kin 或kith or kin)
- one's relations亲戚：
a widow without kith or kin.
一个举目无亲的寡妇。
词源
Old English cȳthth, of Germanic origin; related to COUTH. The original senses were 'knowledge, one's native land, and friends and neighbours'. The phrase kith and kin originally denoted one's country and relatives; later one's friends and relatives.