Meaning

2 senses
  1. A name (sometimes especially one's cognomen or family name).

  2. (obsolete)One bearing the same name.

Origin

From the stem of Latin cognōmen (“cognomen: additional name or nickname; (any) name”) + -a

From the stem of Latin cognōmen (“cognomen: additional name or nickname; (any) name”) + -al.

From Latin cognōminis (“bearing the same name”) + -al.

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