paronym

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

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

paronyme

παρώνυμο

paronim

Paronymon

Paronymum

παρωνύμιο

paroniem

παρωνυμία

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