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Added 1 October 2026

cognate

/ˈkɒɡn(e)ɪt/ adjective

Latin root: cognātus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cognate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically related on the mother's side.
Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

noun

One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
One who is related to another on the female side.
One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from co- + gnātus (“born”). Compare Portuguese cognato and Spanish cognado. Doublet of connate and cognatus.

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