cognate, blood-related, akin(p), consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin
(adjective) related by blood
cognate
(adjective) having the same ancestral language; “cognate languages”
connate, cognate
(adjective) related in nature; “connate qualities”
cognate, cognate word
(noun) a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cognate (not comparable)
Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (legal) related on the mother's side.
Synonyms: akin, same-blooded, Thesaurus:consanguine
Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
Synonyms: allied, kindred, connate, Thesaurus:akin
(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexeme of an ancestor language.
“Cognate to” is much less common than “cognate with” and not even mentioned in most dictionaries.
cognate (plural cognates)
One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
(legal, dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
(legal, dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
• coagent
Source: Wiktionary
Cog"nate, a. Etym: [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See Nation, and cf. Connate.]
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; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.
Cog"nate, n.
1. (Law)
Definition: One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton.
2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2025
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