Cognate
noun'kɑgneɪt
Adjective
having the same ancestral language
“cognate languages”
related by blood
related in nature
Similar:Connate
Noun
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Type of:Wordone related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
Similar:SibType of:RelationRelative
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA
Similar Words
- Sib
- Akin
- Blood-related
- Consanguine
- Consanguineal
- Consanguineous
- Kin
- Connate
- Related