neɪt 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.
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Cognateness
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Origin:
1635–45; < Latin cognātus, equivalent to co- co- + -gnātus (past participle of gnāscī, nāscī to be born)
1635–45; < Latin cognātus, equivalent to co- co- + -gnātus (past participle of gnāscī, nāscī to be born)
Related forms
cog·nate·ness, noun
non·cog·nate, adjective, noun
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| —adj | |
| 1. | akin; related: cognate languages |
| 2. | Compare agnate related by blood or descended from a common maternal ancestor |
| 3. | grammar cognate object a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song |
| —n | |
| 4. | something that is cognate with something else |
| [C17: from Latin cognātus, from co- same + gnātus born, variant of nātus, past participle of nāscī to be born] | |
| 'cognately | |
| —adv | |
| 'cognateness | |
| —n | |
| cog'nation | |
| —n | |
| cognate (ˈkɒɡneɪt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | akin; related: cognate languages |
| 2. | Compare agnate related by blood or descended from a common maternal ancestor |
| 3. | grammar cognate object a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song |
| —n | |
| 4. | something that is cognate with something else |
| [C17: from Latin cognātus, from co- same + gnātus born, variant of nātus, past participle of nāscī to be born] | |
| 'cognately | |
| —adv | |
| 'cognateness | |
| —n | |
| cog'nation | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cognate
c.1645, from L. cognatus "of common descent," from com- "together" + gnatus, pp. of gnasci, older form of nasci "to be born" (see genus). Words that are cognates are cousins, not siblings.
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