/
ˈkɒgneɪt/
adj.
  - Linguistics  (of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another (e.g. English father, German Vater, Latin pater).
 - formal related; connected. 
▸related to or descended from a common ancestor. Compare with agnate.
 
n.
  - Linguistics  a cognate word.
 - Law  a blood relative, especially on the mother's side.
 
Derivative
- cognately adv.
  - cognateness n.
 
Etymology
C17: from L. cognatus, from co- ‘together with’ + natus ‘born’.