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cog·nate

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–adjective

1.	related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.

2.	Linguistics. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish.

3.	allied or similar in nature or quality.

–noun

4.	a person or thing cognate with another.

5.	a cognate word: The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt.

[Origin: 1635–45; < L cognātus, equiv. to co- co- + -gnātus (ptp. of gnāscī, nāscī to be born)

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—Related forms

cog·nate·ness, noun

cog·nat·ic

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adj.

Related by blood; having a common ancestor.
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.

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.

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cognate

c.1645, from L. cognatus "of common descent," from com- "together" + gnatus, pp. of gnasci, older form of nasci "to be born." Words that are cognates are cousins, not siblings.

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cognate
adjective
1.	related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: connate]
2.	having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"
3.	related by blood [syn: akin]
noun
1.	one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another [syn: blood relation]
2.	a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

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Cognate

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.

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Cognate

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.

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