Related in origin, as certain words in genetically related languages descended from the same ancestral root; for example, English name and Latin nōmen from Indo-European *n-men-.
Related or analogous in nature, character, or function.
n.
One related by blood or origin with another, especially a person sharing an ancestor with another.
A word related to one in another language.
[Latin cognātus : co-, co- + gnātus, born, past participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.] cog·na'tion n.
[kog-ney-shuh
n] 
-men-.