different between agnate vs agname

English

Etymology

from Latin agn?tus (“paternal kinsman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?ne?t/

Noun

agnate (plural agnates)

1. A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.

   A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.
2. Any paternal male relative.

Antonyms

• enate

Translations

Adjective

agnate (comparative more agnate, superlative most agnate)

1. Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
2. allied; akin

   • Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate […] with the former.

3. (linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.

Synonyms

• agnatic, patrilineal

Derived terms

• agnatic
• agnation

Translations

Anagrams

• Gaetan, Teagan, negata

Latin

Noun

agn?te

1. vocative singular of agn?tus

English

Etymology

From Latin agnomen.

Noun

agname (plural agnames)

1. An appellation over and above the given name and surname.

Synonyms

• agnomen

References

• agname in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Meagan, manage