cognatest

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cog⋅nate

[kog-neyt]

–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)

Related forms:

cog⋅nate⋅ness, noun

cog⋅nat⋅ic [kog-nat-ik]

, adjective

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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." Words that are cognates are cousins, not siblings.

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