Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cognate | Yes | Yes | No | No |
linguistics | Yes | No | No | No |
cognate (noun) | linguistics (noun) |
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a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language | the scientific study of language |
one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another | the humanistic study of language and literature |
cognate (adjective) | linguistics (adjective) |
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related by blood | |
having the same ancestral language | |
related in nature |