paronymous, a.
(pəˈrɒnɪməs)
[f. Gr. παρώνυµ-ος (see paronym) + -ous.]
1. Of words: Derived from the same root; radically connected, cognate.
| 1661 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Paronymous (Gr.), pertaining to words or terms that have denomination from the same thing, but differ in case or termination. 1697 tr. Burgersdicius his Logic i. xxv. 100 A Paronymous is a Concrete Word, and so deriv'd from the Primitive, as that it differs only from it in Termination. 1827 Whately Logic iii. viii. 157 The Fallacy..that paronymous words (i.e. those belonging to each other, as the substantive, adjective, verb, &c. of the same root) have a precisely correspondent meaning; which is by no means universally the case. 1832 Austin Jurispr. (1879) I. xxiv. 482 The term ‘delitum’ is exactly coextensive with the..paronymous expression ‘delitor’. |
b. Derived from a word in another language with the same or similar form.
| 1890 in Cent. Dict. |
† 2. (See quots.)
| 1836 Smart, Paronymous, near to another word in meaning, as distinguished from synonymous..it may be said that there are few if any synonymous words in a language, but many that are paronymous. 1846 Worcester, Paronymous, alike in sound, but differing in orthography and signification; as, air and heir. |