kognat — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cognate adj Connected by blood or birth; in law, specifically related through the mother's side.
Senses
kognat is used for these senses in English:
- cognate Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (legal) related on the mother's side.
- cognate (linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
cognate — full definition
- adj Connected by blood or birth; in law, specifically related through the mother's side.
- adj Sharing a common nature or origin with something else.
- adj (linguistics) Coming from the same original word in an earlier language.
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