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    What is a cognate?

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    A recent linguistic loan
    A word that has the same etymological origin as another in a different languageCorrect
    A common error in translation
    A regional dialect

    Cognates are words that share the same etymological origin in different languages, such as 'night' (English), 'nacht' (German) and 'night' (Spanish), all derived from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.