paronym

Meaning

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

Synonyms

derivative

doublet

paronyme

Translations

paronyme

Paronym

parónimo

παρώνυμο

parònim

parónimo

Paronymon

Paronymum

παρωνύμιο

parônimo

paroniem

παρωνυμία

stammverwandtes Wort

Etymology

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