English
cognate
Cognate comes from Latin cognātus ‘related by blood’, from gnātus ‘born’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, give birth, beget’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, give birth, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁tós‘begotten’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātos‘born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnātus‘born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognātus‘related by blood’
- Englishearliest quotation 1953cognate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, give birth, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁tós‘begotten’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātos‘born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnātus‘born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognātus‘related by blood’
- Englishearliest quotation 1953cognate
Earliest quotation: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt: “This explanation provoked further great hilarity among the members…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, give birth, beget’
general, kind, king, german, engine, generation, gender, nature, nation, genuine, gene, genius, native, oxygen, ken, pregnant, genre, gentle, indigenous, genocide, hydrogen, genus, kin, genital, ingenious, germ, gentile, natal, gens, nascent, innate, puny, genial, gingerly, genitive, janata, jaunty, genteel, glycogen, azadi, 108 more
through Proto-Italic *gnātos ‘born’
through Latin gnātus ‘born’
Today it means
adj Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / cognate