Definition of Cognate
Noun
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a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
- cognate word -
one related by blood or origin
especially on sharing an ancestor with another
- blood relation - blood relative sib
Adjective
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related by blood
akin - blood related consanguine consanguineous - consanguineal kin -
having the same ancestral language
"cognate languages"
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related in nature
"connate qualities"
connate
Word games points for the Cognate
- Scrabble® score of the cognate (10)
- Word Chums® score of the cognate (15)
- Words With Friends® score of the cognate (13)
Unscramble cognate
139 unscramble word found using the letters cognate.
ace, acne, act, acton, ae, aeon, ag, age, agen, agent, ago, agon, agone, an, ance, ane, ant, ante, at, ate, atoc, atone, cag, cage, cagot, can, cane, cang, canoe, cant, canto, cat, cate, cent, cento, coagent, coat, coate, cog, cogent, cognate, con, cone, conga, conge, conte, cot, cotan, cote, ea, ean, eat, eco, ego, en, enact, eng, eoan, eon, et, eta, etna, gae, gaen, gan, gane, gant, gat, gate, gean, geat, gen, gena, genoa, gent, geo, get, geta, gnat, go, goa, goat, goe, gon, gone, got, na, nae, nag, nat, ne, neat, neg, net, no, nog, not, nota, note, oat, oaten, oca, ocean, octa, octan, octane, oe, on, once, oncet, one, ta, tace, taco, tae, tag, tan, tane, tang, tango, tao, te, tea, tec, teg, ten, tenga, to, toc, toe, toea, tog, toga, togae, toge, ton, tone, tong, tonga,