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Added 10 October 2026

paronym

/ˈpæɹənɪm/ noun

In Latin: none, coined in 1846 Coined: 1846 Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about paronym at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

Origin

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

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