It means similar, similar, similar. They have the same origin. In Linguistics is the name given to terms that have the same etimologic origin, but have different phonetic development. It is the case of very similar terms, which belong to different languages, but mean the same. It is valid for this case, to example the terms house, star, night, water, with their different translations to other languages (e.g. star, star, etiole, stella, ster). In Roman Law, means person who has a natural kinship with another, especially if it is by ancestry or female descent.