Definition

Examples

• 生物学中，同源器官指来源相同的结构。
  Shēngwùxué zhōng, tóng yuán qìguān zhǐ láiyuán xiāngtóng de jiégòu.
  In biology, homologous organs refer to structures with the same origin.
• 英语和德语是同源语言，都来自日耳曼语系。
  Yīngyǔ hé Déyǔ shì tóng yuán yǔyán, dōu láizì Rì'ěrmàn yǔxì.
  English and German are cognate languages, both from the Germanic family.
• 这两种文化有同源的起源，但后来发展不同。
  Zhè liǎng zhǒng wénhuà yǒu tóng yuán de qǐyuán, dàn hòulái fāzhǎn bùtóng.
  These two cultures have the same origin, but later developed differently.