MANKIND - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
Example: all the world loves a lover; she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women
Synonyms
World, Mankind, Human race, Humans, Man
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "mankind" comes from Old English mancynn, which comes from Middle English mankinde. Many other languages have similar words:
- Scots: mankind
- Middle High German: mankünne
- Danish: mandkøn
- Icelandic: mannkyn
🔗 Related Words
man – A related word in the same word family.
kin – A related word in the same word family.
man – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
The Anglo-Saxons brought Germanic vocabulary to Britain in the 5th century CE.