Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cognate word

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
cog-nate -word
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

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Questions

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

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