cognation
American
[kog-ney-shuhn]
/ kɒgˈneɪ ʃən /
noun
Etymology
Origin of cognation
1350–1400; Middle English cognacioun (< Anglo-French, Old French ) < Latin cognātiōn- (stem of cognātiō ) kinship, equivalent to cognāt ( us ) cognate + -iōn- -ion
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