different between cognate vs consanguinity

English

Alternative forms

• cogn. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cogn?tus (“related by blood”), from n?tus (“born”). Doublet of connate and cognatus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.ne?t/, /?k??.n?t/, /?k??.n?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.ne?t/, /?k??.n?t/, /?k??.n?t/

Adjective

cognate (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms: akin, same-blooded; see also Thesaurus:consanguine

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

   Synonyms: allied, kindred, connate; see also Thesaurus:akin

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

Usage notes

“Cognate to” is much less common than “cognate with” and not even mentioned in most dictionaries.

Derived terms

• cognateness

Translations

Noun

cognate (plural cognates)

1. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
2. (law, dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
3. (law, dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
4. (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.

   Coordinate terms: etymon, derivative/reflex

   Hypernym: paronym

Derived terms

• false cognate
• cognacy
• cognatic
• cognatically

Translations

See also

• derivation
• etymology
• etymon
• root
• false friend
• agnate

Further reading

• cognate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cognate (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cognates in the 1879 edition of The American Cyclopædia.

Anagrams

• coagent

Italian

Noun

cognate f

1. plural of cognata

Latin

Adjective

cogn?te

1. vocative masculine singular of cogn?tus

English

Etymology

From Middle English consanguinytee, consanguinite, consanguinyte, from Old French consanguinité and Latin c?nsanguinit?tem, accusative of Latin c?nsanguinit?s, from c?nsanguineus, from Latin com- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from Latin sanguis (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?nsa???w?n?ti/, /k?nsa???w?n?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?nsæ???w?n?ti/, /k?nsæ???w?n?ti/

Noun

consanguinity (countable and uncountable, plural consanguinities)

1. A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence

     They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.

Synonyms

• same-bloodedness

Related terms

• consanguineous
• consanguinuity

Translations

See also

• affinity
• incest