English Explanatory Dictionary

cognate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
  2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
  3. Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.
noun
  1. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
  2. One who is related to another on the female side.
  3. One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
  4. A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒɡn(e)ɪt/ /ˈkɑɡn(e)ɪt/ En-us-cognate.ogg

Word forms

cognate cogn. cognates

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from co- + gnātus (“born”). Compare Portuguese cognato and Spanish cognado. Doublet of connate and cognatus.

Synonyms

akin same-blooded cognate consanguine consanguineous consanguineal natural allied kindred connate

Related words

cognate accusative agnate derivation etymology etymon false friend root

Derived words

cognately cognateness cognation noncognate cognacy cognatic cognatically false cognate
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