"cognate" in the noun sense
1. blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib
one related by blood or origin especially on sharing an ancestor with another
2. cognate, cognate word
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
"cognate" in the adjective sense
1. connate, cognate
related in nature
"connate qualities"
2. cognate
having the same ancestral language
"cognate languages"
3. akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin
related by blood
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