Complex sentence: Alternatively, a word may be inherited from a parent language, and a cognate borrowed from a separate sister language--in English this means one word inherited from a Germanic source, with a Latinate cognate term borrowed from Latin or a Romance language.
Split into simpler sentences: Alternatively, a word may be inherited from a parent language, and a cognate borrowed from a separate sister language. In English this means one word inherited from a Germanic source, with a Latinate cognate term borrowed from Latin or a Romance language.