Cognate

Meaning

Adj

●

In Law:

Allied by blood;

by

;

(law) related on the mother's side.

●

Of the same or a

; of the same family;

from the same

or root.

●

In Linguistics:

Descended from the same

(same

) of an

language.

Noun

●

One of

things

in

or nature.

●

In Law:

One who is related to another on the

side.

●

In Law:

One who is related to another, both having

from a

common ancestor

through

marriages.

●

In Linguistics:

A

either

from the same

of the same

language as the given

, or

to be a

of the same

of

as the given

.

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Origin

cognate

English

cognatus

Latin

natus

Latin

nascor

Latin

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