cognate

Plural: cognates

Noun

• A word, language, or concept related to another by origin.
• one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
• a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
• One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
• One who is related to another on the female side.
• One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
• 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.

Adjective Satellite

• related in nature
• having the same ancestral language
  • "cognate languages"
• related by blood

Adj

• Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
• Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
• Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

Examples

• Discovering a COGNATE word on the board can often lead to a high-scoring parallel play.

Synonyms

akin, blood relation, blood relative, blood-related, cognate word, connate, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin, sib, allied, cognate, kindred, natural, same-blooded

Related Words

agnate, cognate accusative, derivation, etymology, etymon, false friend, root

Anagrams of cognate