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Agnate vs Cognate - What's the difference?

agnate | cognate |

In linguistics terms the difference between agnate and cognate

is that agnate is having a similar semantic meaning while cognate is either descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of a proto-language.

As nouns the difference between agnate and cognate

is that agnate is a relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family while cognate is one of a number of things allied in origin or nature.

As adjectives the difference between agnate and cognate

is that agnate is related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family while cognate is allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically related on the mother's side.

agnate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
    • A great grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.
  • *
  • Any paternal male relative.

    • Antonyms

    * enate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
  • allied; akin
  • * Landor
    • Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former.
  • (label) Having a similar semantic meaning.
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * agnatic, patrilineal

    Derived terms

    * agnatic * agnation

    Anagrams

    * ----

    cognate

    English

    (wikipedia cognate)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (legal) related on the mother's side.
  • Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred.
  • (linguistics) Either descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of a proto-language.
    • English mother is cognate to Greek .
    In English, queen is cognate''' to quean, both of which are '''cognate to Russian , Icelandic kona and Irish bean.
    In English, shirt is cognate to skirt, both descended from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-, meaning "to cut".

    Derived terms

    * cognateness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
  • (legal, dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
  • (legal, dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
  • A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
    • English mother is a cognate of Greek .
    English queen and (quean), Russian , Icelandic kona and Irish bean are all cognates .

    Derived terms

    * false cognate * cognacy

    References

    * (projectlink)

    See also

    * derivation * etymology * etymon * root * false friend * agnate ----