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

[+] English words suffixed with -onym

• cognate

Translations

word with same root as other word

• Dutch: paroniem (nl) n
• Esperanto: paronimo (eo)
• French: paronyme (fr) m
• Galician: parónimo (gl) m
• Greek: παρώνυμο (el) (parónymo) n
• Ido: paronimo (io)

• Interlingua: paronyme (ia)
• Polish: paronim (pl) m
• Portuguese: parónimo (pt) m
• Romanian: paronim (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: paronim (sh) m
• Spanish: parónimo (es) m