Is 'agnate' English, or is it actually Latin?

'Agnate' is a word borrowed from Latin 'agnatus'. The word entered the English language some time around 1534.

agnate [noun] [1534]

• a relative whose kinship is traceable exclusively through males
• a paternal kinsman

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note: Agnate comes from Latin agnātus meaning born to or paternal kinsman from ad- (to) + gnāscī (to be born). Related to the Proto-Indo-European root for birth linking to words like kin and generate. Agnate entered English in the 15th century to describe relatives through the male line or things of a similar nature.
Etymology: Latin 'agnatus' from past participle of 'agnasci' to be born in addition to, from 'ad-' + 'nasci' to be born

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