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Noncognate vs. Cognate — What's the Difference?

Noncognate vs. Cognate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Noncognate and Cognate

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Noncognate

Not cognate.

Cognate

In linguistics, cognates, also called lexical cognates, are words that have a common etymological origin. Cognates are often inherited from a shared parent language, but they may also involve borrowings from some other language.

Noncognate

That which is not a cognate.

Cognate

Related by blood; having a common ancestor.

Cognate

Related in origin, as certain words in genetically related languages descended from the same ancestral root; for example, English name and Latin nōmen from Indo-European *n-men-.
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Cognate

Related or analogous in nature, character, or function.

Cognate

One related by blood or origin with another, especially a person sharing an ancestor with another.

Cognate

A word related to one in another language.

Cognate

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Cognate

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (legal) related on the mother's side.

Cognate

Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.

Cognate

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

Cognate

One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.

Cognate

One who is related to another on the female side.

Cognate

One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.

Cognate

(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

Cognate

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

Cognate

Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

Cognate

One who is related to another on the female side.

Cognate

One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.

Cognate

One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

Cognate

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

Cognate

Related in nature;
Connate qualities

Cognate

Having the same ancestral language;
Cognate languages

Cognate

Related by blood

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