Definitions for: Cognate


[n] a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
[n] one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
[adj] related by blood
[adj] (linguistics) having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"
[adj] related in nature; "connate qualities"



Webster (1913) Definition: Cog"nate, a. [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) 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.

Synonyms: akin(p), blood relation, blood relative, blood-related, cognate word, connate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin(p), related, related to, sib

See Also: relation, relative, word

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