cognate
Word family adverbcognatelynouncognatenesscognationadjectivecognate
cog·nate1 /ˈkɒɡneɪt $ ˈkɑːɡ-/ adjectiveadj technical cognate2 noun [countableC] technical SLa word in one language that has the same origin as a word in another language 同源词 The German ‘Hund’ is a cognate of the English ‘hound’. 德语Hund是英语hound的同源词。
Origin cognate1 (1300-1400) Latin cognatus, from
co- (
→ CO-) +
gnatus “born”