cognate

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cognate[1,adjective] cognate[2,noun]

Main Entry: ¹cog·nate
Pronunciation: 'käg-"nAt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin cognatus, from co- + gnatus, natus, past participle of nasci to be born; akin to Latin gignere to beget -- more at KIN
1 : of the same or similar nature : generically alike
2 : related by blood; also : related on the mother's side
3 a : related by descent from the same ancestral language b of a word or morpheme : related by derivation, borrowing, or descent c of a substantive : related to a verb usually by derivation and serving as its object to reinforce the meaning
- cog·nate·ly adverb