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cognate adjective

  /ˈkɑɡn(e)ɪt/ , /ˈkɒɡn(e)ɪt/
  • (linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.
 cognaat, woordverwant, wortelverwant
  • Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (legal) related on the mother's side.
 bloedverwant

cognate noun

  /ˈkɑɡn(e)ɪt/ , /ˈkɒɡn(e)ɪt/
  • (linguistics) 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.
 cognaat
cognate accusative
cognaat object
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