paronym

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρα ‘beside’ + ονομα ‘-onym’.

para- + -onym

Noun

paronym (plural paronyms)

1. (semantics) A word derived from the same root, or with the same sound, as another word.

Related terms

• antonym
• homonym
• synonym
• heteronym
• cognate

Translations

word with same root as other word

Croatian: paronim (hr) m. Dutch: paroniem (nl) n. Esperanto: paronimo (eo) French: paronyme (fr) m. Galician: parónimo (gl) m.

Ido: paronimo (io) Interlingua: paronyme (ia) Portuguese: parónimo (pt) m. Romanian: paronim (ro) Spanish: parónimo (es) m.