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paronym

noun

  1. word with the same root and a related meaning
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹənɪm/ / [ˈpʰæɹənɪm] / /ˈpɛɹənɪm/

noun

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

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