No Matter How You Say It: Kindness
In Other Languages
Spanish – amabilidad
French – gentillesse
German – Freundlichkeit
Italian – infantile
Swedish – barninna
Basque – umea
Portugese – criança
Word Origin
“The word ‘kindness’ harks back to the Old English ‘kyndnes’ which meant “nation” – and has roots in the word ‘kin’, as in one’s family, race or relations. The word eventually evolved into our more modern understanding of “courtesy or noble deeds” by the 14th century.” From https://www.speakmedia.co.uk/blog/word-of-the-week-kindness
Sign Language
Can you see the circle in the sign for kind and the harshness in both signs of rude?
Kindness Idioms
“Try a little kindness”
“Out of the kindness of your heart”
“The kindness of strangers”
“The milk of human kindness”
“Give someone a hand”
“Lend a hand”