cognate
[kog-neyt]
adjective
related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
Linguistics. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish.
allied or similar in nature or quality.
noun
a person or thing cognate with another.
a cognate word: The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt.
Origin of cognate
1635–45; < Latin cognātus, equivalent to co- co- + -gnātus (past participle of gnāscī, nāscī to be born)
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Related Words for cognate
agnate, like, generic, universal, kindred, same, general, incident, affiliated, akin, allied, analogous, comparable, connected, related, similar, connate, connatural, consanguineExamples from the Web for cognate
Contemporary Examples of cognate
However, the Old English "hund" later became "hound" but eventually was replaced by "dog," not a cognate.
Historical Examples of cognate
The young men who figure at embassies and missions are all "cognate numbers."
The Fortunes Of GlencoreCharles James Lever
The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word.
The VerbalistThomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
A glade or valley in the wood was called a Dean, Dene, Denne, cognate with den.
The Romance of NamesErnest Weekley
The first syllable is cognate with mare and the second means servant.
The Romance of NamesErnest Weekley
Richier, has generally been absorbed by the cognate Richard.
The Romance of NamesErnest Weekley
cognate
adjective
noun
Word Origin for cognate
C17: from Latin cognātus, from co- same + gnātus born, variant of nātus, past participle of nāscī to be born
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