Words similar to cognates
Example sentences for: cognates
How can you use “cognates” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
know [A well-constructed short essay on its cognates.
Etymologies in the OED, The Random House Unabridged , and Kluge's Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache have cognates of balagan/balcony popping up in Slovene ( blazina ), Greek, and most significantly in Lithuanian ( balǽienas ), purportedly the most conservative of the Indo-European languages.
As you know, I never myself use that word (or its cognates) concerning collective memory.
As a consequence of all this deadwood, we are denied useful lexicographical information, like the fact that chapter and capital are cognates.
Then, too, the OED does not always transliterate foreign scripts, which might put those who cannot read Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic, Thai, etc., at a disadvantage when examining cognates or loanwords.