Defenition of the word cognate

• Defenition of the word cognate

  • A word derived from the same roots as another word.
  • Genealogy: A blood relative in the female line.
  • One related by blood or origin with another, especially a person sharing an ancestor with another.
  • related by blood
  • one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
  • (linguistics) having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"
  • a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
  • related in nature; "connate qualities"
  • having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"
  • having the same ancestral language
  • related in nature

Synonyms for the word cognate

• • akin
  • blood relation
  • blood relative
  • blood-related
  • cognate word
  • connate
  • consanguine
  • consanguineous
  • kin
  • sib

Similar words in the cognate

• • related
  • related to

Hypernyms for the word cognate

• • relation
  • relative
  • word

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