Cognate



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 同词源的; 同类的
• ［英］ adj. 同词源的 ( related through the same source) ; 同类的 ( having the same nature or quality)
• ［记］ cogn ( 认识) +ate -> 认识的 -> 同类的
• ［同］ 同根词: cognizance ( 认识, 观察) ; recognize ( 认出)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Latin cognatus, from co- + gnatus, natus, past participle of nasci to be born; akin to Latin gignere to beget — more at kin
• Date: circa 1645
• 1. of the same or similar nature ; generically alike
• 2. related by blood; also related on the mother's side
• 3.
  • a. related by descent from the same ancestral language
  • b. of a word or morpheme related by derivation, borrowing, or descent
  • c. of a substantive related to a verb usually by derivation and serving as its object to reinforce the meaning
• ? cognately adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1754
• one that is cognate with another

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