noun
- One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another.
- synonyms: blood relation, blood relative, sib
- A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language.
- synonyms: cognate word
adjective
- Related in nature.
- usage: "connate qualities"
- synonyms: connate
- Having the same ancestral language.
- usage: "cognate languages"
- Related by blood.
- synonyms: akin, blood-related, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin
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