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cognate

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

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