cognates in English
It's a very old word, with cognates in most Germanic languages.
All distinction between agnates and cognates in matters of succession had been abolished at the very time when the great collection of Roman law had been assembled and codified.
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1. Easy Key to German Vocabulary: Amnemonic List With English Cognates
2. Humanists, deceived by cognates, can flatter humanism in disastrous ways.
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4. Synonyms for Agnates include consanguinity, affiliations, affinities, brotherhood, cognates, connection, filiation, kins, kindreds and kinship
5. Marriages between lineal descendants and ascendants and to some degree of cognates and agnates are prohibited and declared void.
6. Marriages between lineal descendants and ascendants and to some degree of cognates and agnates are prohibited and declared void
7. Bush itself is a thicket of Scandinavian (Old Norse Buskr), Germanic (Old High German busc), and Romanic (Medieval Latin busca) influences and cognates
8. While cognates of the Greek term are still used in many Romance languages: (Spanish: pan ácimo, French: pain Azyme, Italian: azzimo, Romanian: azimă), the term does
9. By the Scotch law, Agnates are all those who are related by the father, even though females intervene; cognates are those who are related by the mother
10. By the Scotch law, Agnates are all those who are related by the father, even though females intervene; cognates are those who are related by the mother.
11. The order of the distribution of the property among the Agnates and cognates is described under section 12 of the act which provides some rules, which state the preference level.
12. 6 And there is an even earlier variant, hollo, which dates to at least 1588 when Shakespeare used it in Titus Andronicus. There are also cognates in other Germanic languages.
13. Byrlaw is attested earlier in English but is unattested in Old Norse and the cognates in Scandinavian languages follow the development of bylaw: Danish bylov (“ municipal law ”), Swedish bylag and byalag
14. Byrlaw is attested earlier in English but is unattested in Old Norse and the cognates in Scandinavian languages follow the development of bylaw: Danish bylov (“ municipal law ”), Swedish bylag and byalag
15. Unlike whisk, whore has a reputable etymology, going all the way to Indo-European (among its cognates are Latin carus and Old Irish cara "friend"); Goths called a prostitute hors.
16. Byrlaw is attested earlier in English but is unattested in Old Norse and the cognates in Scandinavian languages follow the development of bylaw: Danish bylov (“municipal law”), Swedish bylag and byalag
17. A team of scientists in New Zealand built a database of simple words from 400 Austronesian languages, and by focusing on cognates (similar words that mean the same thing), the team was able to build a …
18. Beestings (n.) "colostrum," late Old English bysting, from beost "first milk of a cow after calving," a general West Germanic word (cognates: Old High German biost, German Biest, Middle Dutch and Dutch biest, North Frisian bjast) of unknown origin.
19. ‘A protagonist's supporters, mostly close Agnates, are motivated to assist because of the desire to help a brother, that is through conventional motivation.’ ‘To make things more complicated, all distinction between Agnates and cognates in matters of succession had been abolished at the very time when the great collection of Roman law
20. 1200, from Old English gamen "joy, fun; game, amusement," common Germanic (cognates: Old Frisian game "joy, glee," Old Norse gaman "game, sport; pleasure, amusement," Old Saxon gaman, Old High German gaman "sport, merriment," Danish gamen, Swedish gamman "merriment"), said to be identical with Gothic gaman "participation, communion," from Proto-Germanic *ga-collective prefix
21. "Azymes" (plural of Azyme) is an archaic English word for the Jewish matzah, derived from the Ancient Greek word ἄζυμος (ἄρτος) ázymos (ártos), "unleavened (bread)", for unfermented bread in Biblical times; the more accepted term in modern English is simply unleavened bread or matzah, but cognates of the Greek term are still used in many
22. Almighty (adj.) Old English ælmihtig "all-powerful," also a by-name of God; compound of æl (see all) + mihtig (see mighty); common Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon alomahtig, Old High German alamahtic, German allmächtig, Old Norse almattigr), perhaps an early Germanic loan-translation of Latin omnipotens (see omnipotent).Originally only of deities; general use is by late 14c.
23. 1400, "capable of burning or destroying organic tissue, corrosive," from Latin Causticus "burning, Caustic," from Greek kaustikos "capable of burning; corrosive," from kaustos "combustible; burnt," verbal adjective from kaiein, the Greek word for "to burn" (transitive and intransitive) in all periods, which is of uncertain origin with no certain cognates outside Greek.
24. Cubbyhole (n.) "small, enclosed space," 1825, the first element possibly from a diminutive of cub "stall, pen, cattle shed, coop, hutch" (1540s), a dialect word with apparent cognates in Low German (such as East Frisian kubbing, Dutch kub).Or perhaps it is related to cuddy "small room, cupboard" (1793), originally "small cabin in a boat" (1650s), from Dutch kajuit, from French cahute.
25. Calumny mid-15c., "false accusation, slander," from Old French calomnie (15c.), from Latin calumnia "trickery, subterfuge, misrepresentation, malicious charge," from calvi "to trick, deceive." PIE cognates include Greek kelein "to bewitch, cast a spell," Gothic holon "to slander," Old Norse hol "praise, flattery," Old English hol "slander," holian "to to betray," Old High German huolen "to
26. Atheling (n.) "member of a noble family," Old English æðling, from æðel "noble family, race, ancestry; nobility, honor," related to Old English æðele "noble," from Proto-Germanic *athala-(cognates: Old Frisian edila "(great-)grandfather," Old Saxon athali "noble descent, property," Old High German adal "noble family"), which is perhaps from PIE *at-al-"race, family," from *at(i)-"over