'Cognate' is a word borrowed from Latin 'cognatus'. The word entered the English language some time around 1645.
cognate [adjective] [circa 1645]
- of the same or similar nature
- generically alike
- related by blood
- related on the mother's side
- related by descent from the same ancestral language
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note: Cognate (from Latin cognatus meaning blood-related) refers to words in different languages that share a common etymological (word origin) ancesto
Etymology: Latin 'cognatus' from 'co-' + 'gnatus, natus' past participle of 'nasci' to be born; akin to Latin 'gignere' to beget
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