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cognates
noun(cog-nate)
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Synonyms: cognate word,
cognates
noun(cog-nate)
one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
Synonyms: blood relation, blood relative, sib,
cognates
adjective(cog-nate)
related by blood
Synonyms: akin, blood-related, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin,
cognates
adjective(cog-nate)
related in nature
Synonyms: connate,
cognates
adjective(cog-nate)
having the same ancestral language
Examples:
Cognate languages.

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