cognate
cognate 英 [ˈkɒgneɪt] 美 [ˈkɑgneɪt]
adj. [地质] 同源的；同类的 n. 同族；同根词
名词复数:cognates
- When you're learning a new language, a cognate is an easy word to remember because it looks and means the same thing as a word you already know. For example, gratitude in English means the same as gratitud in Spanish.
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- adj. [地质] 同源的；同类的
- n. 同族；同根词
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1. English, Dutch and German are cognate languages.
英语、荷兰语、德语是同语族的语言。
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2. There is no Hebrew or Greek cognate word in the Biblical text to reflect the modern term "same-sex orientation" or "homosexuality."
在《圣经》文本中，没有关于现代概念“同性恋取向”或“同性恋”的希伯来文或希腊文的同源词。
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3. And Lanhanzhi thinks that Egyptian civilization, Chinese civilization and the other civilizations are cognate, and they came from one origin.
蓝汉之则认为中华文明和埃及文明以及世界上其它古老文明都是同源的，它们都来自一个共同的根源。
- cognate (adj.) 1640s, "allied by blood, connected or related by birth, of the same parentage, descended from a common ancestor," from Latin cognatus "of common descent" (source also of Spanish cognado, Italian cognato), from assimilated form of com "together" (see co-) + gnatus, past participle of gnasci, older form of nasci "to be born" (from PIE root *gene- "give birth, beget").
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