The words poison and potion are cognates.
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Cognates
Synonyms for "cognates" (151 found)
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akinblood relationconnateconsanguineousrelatedaffiliatedaffinalaffinitiveagnatealliedallyalter egoanalogonanalogueancestryassociateavuncularbloodblood relativebrother
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fostergeneralgenericgenetically relatedgermangermaneimageincidentkinkindredkindred spiritkinfolkkinnerykinsfolkkinsmankinsmenkinswomankith and kinlikelikeness
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matematrilateralmatrilinealmatroclinousnear duplicatenear relationnext of kinnovercalobverseof common sourceof the bloodparallelpatrilateralpatrilinealpatroclinouspendantpeoplepictureposterityprimitivereciprocalrelated by bloodrelationsrelativerelativesrelevantrootsecond selfsibsiblingsimilitudesimulacrumsistersoul matespear kinspear sidespindle kinspindle sidesuchsuchlikesword sidetallythe like ofthe likes oftribesmantwinuniversaluterineuterine brotheruterine kin
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She asked if the two words were cognates.
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The study analyzes 200 cognates, or words with shared meanings and similar sounds, across 103 languages, including 20 that are now extinct.
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There are at least 200 English-French cognates.
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