paronym

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Etymology

Coined around 1846 from Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”), equivalent to para- +‎ -onym.

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Noun

paronym (plural paronyms)

  1. (semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
    Synonym: isonym
    Hypernym: derivative
    Hyponym: cognate
  2. (rare) A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate).

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