cognate
[ kog-neyt ]
/ ˈkɒg neɪt /
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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.
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Origin of cognate
1635–45; <Latin cognātus, equivalent to co-co- + -gnātus (past participle of gnāscī, nāscī to be born)
OTHER WORDS FROM cognate
cog·nate·ness, nouncog·nat·ic [kog-nat-ik], /kɒgˈnæt ɪk/, adjectivenon·cog·nate, adjective, nounWords nearby cognate
cogitate, cogitation, cogitative, cogito, ergo sum, cognac, cognate, cognate object, cognation, Cognex, cognisant, cognition
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British Dictionary definitions for cognate
cognate
/ (ˈkɒɡneɪt) /
adjective
akin; relatedcognate languages
related by blood or descended from a common maternal ancestorCompare agnate
cognate object grammar a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
noun
something that is cognate with something else
Derived forms of cognate
cognately, adverbcognateness, nouncognation, nounWord 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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