1. Related in nature
   "cognate qualities";
   - connate
    
2. (linguistics) having the same ancestral language
   "cognate languages"
    
3. Related by blood
   "The DNA test confirmed they were cognate siblings";
   - akin, blood-related, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin

1. One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
   "The two families were cognates through their great-grandmother";
   - blood relation, blood relative, sib
    
2. A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
   "The English word 'night' and the German word 'Nacht' are cognate words";
   - cognate word

Derived forms: cognates

See also: related, related to

Type of: flesh and blood, relation, relative, word

Encyclopedia: Cognate