cognate的词源

英文词源

cognate

cognate: see native

cognate (adj.)

1640s, from Latin cognatus "of common descent," from com- "together" (see co-) + gnatus, past participle of gnasci, older form of nasci "to be born" (see genus). Words that are cognates are cousins, not siblings. As a noun, from 1754.

中文词源

cognate：同源的

co-, 强调。-gn, 生育，词源同gene, generate.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：cognate 词源，cognate 含义。

cognate：同宗的，同根的；同语系的

词根词缀： cog(con-)共同 + -nat-生 + -al形容词词尾