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cognate

🇬🇧 UK/'kɒgneɪt/🇺🇸 US/'kɔ^neit/
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Related by origin or nature; (of words) derived from the same ancestral root.

同源的,同族的,同类的

n.

A word or language related to another by common origin; a relative by blood.

同源词;同族语言;同族亲属

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
cotogether, with
+
gnbirth, produce, kind
+
ateto make, having
=cognate

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    English and German are cognate languages with shared vocabulary.

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