paronym
See also: Paronym
English
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Etymology
[edit]Coined around 1846 from Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”), equivalent to para- + -onym.
Noun
[edit]paronym (plural paronyms)
- (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
- (rare) A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate).
Related terms
[edit]- parasynonym
- paronymic (adj)
- paronymize
- paronymous (adj)
- paronymy
Translations
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word that sounds like another word
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Categories:
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms prefixed with para-
- English terms suffixed with -onym
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preh₂-
- en:Semantics
- English terms with rare senses
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms suffixed with -nym