1. (

• blood_relation ,
• blood_relative ,
• cognate ,
• sib ,

) one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another ;

2. (

• cognate ,
• cognate_word

) a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language ;

1. (

• connate ,
• cognate ,

) related in nature; "connate qualities" ;

2. (

• cognate ,

) having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages" ;

3. (

• akin ,
• blood-related ,
• cognate ,
• consanguine ,
• consanguineous ,
• consanguineal ,
• kin

) related by blood ;