COGNATE

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

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Etymology

Adjective

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.

Usage notes

“Cognate to” is much less common than “cognate with” and not even mentioned in most dictionaries.

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• coagent

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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