cognate
pronunciation
How to pronounce cognate in British English:
UK [ˈkɒgneɪt]
How to pronounce cognate in American English:
US [ˈkɑgneɪt]
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- Noun:
- one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
- a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
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- Adjective:
- related in nature
- having the same ancestral language
- related by blood
Word Origin
- cognate
- cognate: see native
- cognate (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin cognatus "of common descent," from com- "together" (see co-) + gnatus, past participle of gnasci, older form of nasci "to be born" (see genus). Words that are cognates are cousins, not siblings. As a noun, from 1754.
Example
- 1. The figure perspective on the study of cognate words .
- 2. Physics and astronomy are cognate sciences .
- 3. Related or similar in nature ; cognate .
- 4. French and italian are cognate languages .
- 5. Physics and philosophy are cognate sciences .