cognate

adj 1: related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: {connate}]

2: (linguistics) having the same ancestral language; "cognate

languages"

3: related by blood [syn: {akin(p)}, {blood-related}, {consanguine},

{consanguineous}, {kin(p)}]

n 1: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an

ancestor with another [syn: {blood relation}, {blood

relative}, {sib}]

2: a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same

word in an ancestral language [syn: {cognate word}]