cognate

adj
/ˈkɒɡn(e)ɪt/UK/ˈkɑɡn(e)ɪt/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from co- + gnātus (“born”). Compare Portuguese cognato and Spanish cognado. Doublet of connate and cognatus.

  1. borrowed from cognātus — “related by blood

Definitions

  1. Allied by blood

    Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.

  2. Of the same or a similar nature

    Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.

  3. Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.

    2. One who is related to another on the female side.

    3. One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal…

      One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.

    4. A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the…

      A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cognate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA