English
cognatus
Cognatus comes from Latin cognatus ‘kinsman’, from nātus ‘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‘produced, given birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātos‘born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātus‘born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognatus‘kinsman’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, give birth, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁tós‘produced, given birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātos‘born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātus‘born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognatus‘kinsman’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, give birth, beget’
general, kind, king, german, engine, generation, gender, nation, genuine, gene, oxygen, ken, genre, gentle, genius, indigenous, genocide, hydrogen, kin, genus, genital, germ, ingenious, gentile, gens, puny, genial, genteel, gingerly, janata, genitive, jaunty, glycogen, azadi, nomen, estrogenic, 105 more
through Proto-Italic *gnātos ‘born’
through Latin nāscor ‘to be born’
nature, pregnant, innate, nascent, renate, 9 more
through Latin nātus ‘born’
natural, native, noel, naive, nee, natal, nada, naïve, nativity, 7 more
Today it means
noun A blood relative
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / cognatus