Thesaurus: cognate

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1. a. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.
2. a. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.
3. n. One who is related to another on the female side.
4. n. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.
5. adj. related in nature
6. adj. having the same ancestral language
7. adj. related by blood
8. n. one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
9. n. a word is cognate with another if word/both">both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
10. 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side. 2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language. 1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton. 2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.
11. One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton.
12. j:54/n:46 n. a word is cognate with another if word/both">both derive from the same word in an ancestral language s. having the same ancestral language