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Cognate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Cognate has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

2

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

3

One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.

Adjective
1

related in nature

"connate qualities"

2

having the same ancestral language

"cognate languages"

4

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.

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Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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