Cognate (disambiguation)

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Cognate (Latin: cognatus, "related by birth") may mean:

  • Cognates, words that have a common etymological origin
    • False cognates, words that appear to be cognates, but are not
    • Cognate object, a verb's object that is etymologically related to the verb
  • Cognate (kinship), person who shares a common ancestor
  • Cognate linkage, a kinematic linkage that generates the same coupler curve as another linkage of a different geometry
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