cognate
cognate definition
cog·nate (käg′nāt′)
adjective
- related by family; having the same ancestor
- having the same nature or quality
- Linguis. related through the same source; derived from a common original form English apple and German apfel are cognate words; English and Flemish are cognate languages
Etymology: L cognatus, related by birth < co-, together + gnatus, pp. of gnasci, older form of nasci, to be born: see genus
noun
- a person related to another through common ancestry
- a relative on the mother's side
- a cognate word, language, or thing
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