before vowels, ken-, word-forming element meaning "empty," from Greek kenos "empty," from PIE *ken- "empty."
Kennedy
kennel
Kenneth
kenning
keno
keno-
kenosis
kenspeck
Kent
Kentucky
Kenya
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