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Cognate
/ˈkɒɡ.neɪt/
One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
📖 Definitions of "Cognate"
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One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
- 2
One who is related to another on the female side.
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One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
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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.
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Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically related on the mother's side.
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Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
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Descended from the same source lexeme of an ancestor language.
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