relationship by descent from the same ancestor or source
Word origin
ME cognacioun < L cognatio: see cognate
cognation in American English
(kɑɡˈneiʃən)
noun
cognate relationship
Word origin
[1350–1400; ME cognacioun (‹ AF, OF) ‹ L cognātiōn- (s. of cognātiō) kinship, equiv. to cognāt(us) cognate + -iōn--ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1350–1400. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: drag, flash, kick, range, tune-ion is a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, usedin Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion)