- Main Entry:
- 1cog·nate

- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈkäg-ˌnāt\
- Function:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- Latin cognatus, from co- + gnatus, natus, past participle of nasci to be born; akin to Latin gignere to beget — more at kin
- Date:
- circa 1645
1: of the same or similar nature : generically alike2: related by blood; also : related on the mother's side3 a: related by descent from the same ancestral language bof a word or morpheme : related by derivation, borrowing, or descent cof a substantive : related to a verb usually by derivation and serving as its object to reinforce the meaning
— cog·nate·ly adverb