cognate(noun) a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
(noun) one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
(adjective satellite) related by blood
(adjective satellite) having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"
(adjective satellite) related in nature; "connate qualities"
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