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