kvell

Pronounced: kvel, verb

Notes: A new word to me

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Yesterday’s word

The word connate means

• congenial
• congenital

First usage

Our word came into English in the mid-1600s

Background / Comments

Our word came from the Latin word connasci (to be born with), which is composed of com- (with) and nasci (to be born). I had confused our word with “cognate”.