COGNATE
Scrabble letter values: C3O1G2N1A1T1E1 = 10
Definition
- noun one related by blood or origin. — synonyms: blood_relation, blood_relative, sib
- noun a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language. — synonyms: cognate_word
- adjective related in nature. — synonyms: connate
- adjective having the same ancestral language.
- adjective related by blood. — synonyms: akin(p), blood-related, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)
Examples
- “especially on sharing an ancestor with another”
- “connate qualities”
- “cognate languages”