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   Cog·nate

   /ˈkäɡˌnāt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another; from the same original word or root (e.g., English is, German ist, Latin est, from Indo-European esti): "the term is obviously cognate with the Malay"
   • 2. related; connected: formal "cognate subjects such as physics and chemistry" Similar associatedrelatedconnectedalliedinterconnectedlinkedcoupledcorrelatedsimilarlikealikecomparableparallelequivalentcorrespondinganalogoushomologousOpposite unconnecteddissimilar
   • ▪ related to or descended from a common ancestor. Similar relatedkindredakinwith a common ancestorOpposite unrelated

   noun

   • 1. a cognate word.
   • 2. a blood relative.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin cognatus, from co- ‘together with’ + natus ‘born’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cognately adverb
   • 2. cognateness noun

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   What does cognate mean?

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   What is the difference between a loanword and a cognate?

   • Cognates are distinguished from loanwords, where a word has been borrowed from another language. The English term cognate derives from Latin cognatus, meaning "blood relative".

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   How common is the word cognate?

   • About 1 occurrence per million words in modern written English How is the word cognate pronounced? Where does the word cognate come from?

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   Do cognates have the same meaning?

   • Cognates need not have the same meaning, as they may have undergone semantic change as the languages developed independently. For example English starve and Dutch sterven 'to die' or German sterben 'to die' all descend from the same Proto-Germanic verb, *sterbaną 'to die'.

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   noun. a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language. synonyms: cognate word. see more.

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   Cognate definition: related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.. See examples of COGNATE used in a sentence.

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   Cognate means having the same origin or being related in some way to another word or language. Learn how to use cognate as an adjective or a noun, and see examples and translations in different languages.

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   In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.

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    Cognate is an adjective and noun that means related by descent or origin, or having a common origin. It comes from Latin cognātus, meaning known or familiar. See examples, pronunciation, and related words in OED.