cognate

Noun
  1. One related by blood or origin;
    Especially on sharing an ancestor with another (synset 110255811)
    is a type of: relation, relative - a person related by blood or marriage
    same as: blood relation, blood relative, sib
  2. A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language (synset 106299854)
    is a type of: word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    same as: cognate word
Adjective
  1. Related in nature (synset 301981033)
    "connate qualities"
    similar to: related, related to - being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
    same as: connate
  2. Having the same ancestral language (synset 301980887)
    "cognate languages"
    referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
    similar to: related, related to - being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
  3. Related by blood (synset 301978911)
    similar to: related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
    same as: akin, blood-related, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin

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