1
- Linguistics (of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another; representing the same original word or root (e.g. English father, German Vater, Latin pater)【语言学】（词）同根的; 同源的（例如英语father, 德语Vater, 拉丁语pater）：
the term is obviously cognate with the Malay segan.
很明显, 这个术语是马来语segan的同源词。
2
- formal related; connected〈正式〉有关系的; 有关联的：
cognate subjects such as physics and chemistry.
互有关联的科目, 如物理和化学。
2.1
- related to or descended from a common ancestor有亲属关系的; 同族的, 同宗的。比较AGNATE.
派生词
cognately
adverbcognateness
noun词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin cognatus, from co- 'together with' + natus 'born'.