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cognation
noun
(1)
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cognation
[ kog-
ney
-sh
uh
n ]
Phonetic (Standard)
IPA
noun
cognate
relationship.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of
cognation
1
1350–1400;
Middle English
cognacioun
(<
Anglo-French,
Old French
) <
Latin
cognātiōn-
(stem of
cognātiō
) kinship, equivalent to
cognāt
(
us
)
cognate
+
-iōn-
-ion
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