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noun
A cognate relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(anthropology) related by blood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: consanguinity, blood kinship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kinship, family relationship, relationship
noun
line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: matrilineage, enation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unilateral descent
History
From Middle English cognacion, cognacioun, from Latin cognātiō; equivalent to cognate + -ion.
