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Cognate

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Definitions for Cognate

noun
one related by blood or origin
Synonyms
blood relation blood relative sib
Examples
  1. especially on sharing an ancestor with another
noun
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Synonyms
cognate word
adjective
related in nature
Synonyms
Examples
  1. connate qualities
adjective
having the same ancestral language
Examples
  1. cognate languages
adjective
related by blood
Synonyms
akin(p) blood-related consanguine consanguineous consanguineal kin(p)

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