Derived vs Cognate - What's the difference?
derived | cognate |
(systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.
(comparable, archaic, taxonomy) Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms.
product of derivation
(derive)
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.
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.
As adjectives the difference between derived and cognate
is that derived is (systematics) of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species while cognate is allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (legal) related on the mother's side.As a verb derived
is (derive).As a noun cognate is
one of a number of things allied in origin or nature.derived
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The French language is derived from Latin.
Usage notes
Modern systematics proscribes use of derived'' to mean "advanced", preferring to use ''derived to simply mean "changed from the ancestral state" without an evaluation of quality.See also
* apomorphyVerb
(head)cognate
English
(wikipedia cognate)Adjective
(-)- 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
* cognatenessNoun
(en noun)- English mother is a cognate of Greek .
- English queen and (quean), Russian , Icelandic kona and Irish bean are all cognates .