Cognate
[n] a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
[n] one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
[adj] related by blood
[adj] (linguistics) having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"
[adj] related in nature; "connate qualities"
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Synonyms
akin(p), blood relation, blood relative, blood-related, cognate word, connate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin(p), related, related to, sib
Related Terms
affiliated, affinal, affinitive, agnate, akin, allied, ally, alter ego, analogon, analogue, ancestry, associate, avuncular, blood, blood relation, blood relative, brother, clansman, close copy, close match, closely related, collateral, collateral relative