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Somebody used the word "cognates" recently to mean members of a family of words (such as expect, expectant, expectation). I always understood cognates as being descendants in different languages from a common etymon, such as English mother and Latin mater.
So, is there a technical term to cover the members of a group of related words such as relative, relation, relationship, relate, etc?
Bingley
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