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Added 9 October 2026

mankind

/mænˈkaɪnd/ noun

In Latin: hūmānitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mankind at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

All of the living human inhabitants of the earth.
all the world loves a lover

Origin

From Middle English mankynde, alteration (due to kynde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier mankyn, from Old English mancynn. Equivalent to man + kin, and/or man + -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind”). See also mankin.

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