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cog⋅na⋅tion

[kog-ney-shuhn]
–noun
cognate relationship.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME cognacioun (< AF, OF) < L cognātiōn- (s. of cognātiō) kinship, equiv. to cognāt(us) cognate + -iōn- -ion
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cog·nate   (kŏg'nāt')   
adj.  
  1. Related by blood; having a common ancestor.

  2. 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-.

  3. Related or analogous in nature, character, or function.

n.  
  1. One related by blood or origin with another, especially a person sharing an ancestor with another.

  2. 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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