The words poison and potion are cognates.
Source: tatoeba (415999)
Cognates
Synonyms for "cognates" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
be related etymologicallyderive from same root
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
etymological kinetymological relativeshave common ancestry
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
related termrelated wordrelated words across languagesshare etymology
Related word relations
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9 entriescognate clustercognate formcognate lexemecognate paircognate setcognate termderive from same roothave common ancestorshare proto language root
Collocations
8 entriescognate languagescognate pairscognate relationcognate relationshipcognate setcognate vocabularycognate withcognate words
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
She asked if the two words were cognates.
Source: tatoeba (10522583)
The study analyzes 200 cognates, or words with shared meanings and similar sounds, across 103 languages, including 20 that are now extinct.
Source: tatoeba (12108966)
There are at least 200 English-French cognates.
Source: tatoeba (12453918)