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Cognate Word

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
cognate
plural
Cognate Words
possessive
Cognate Word's
pluralpossessive
Cognate Words'