paronymy
(pəˈrɒnɪmɪ)
[f. Gr. παρώνυµ-ος (see paronym) + -y. (Gr. παρωνυµία = a by-name, a surname.)]
† 1. = paronomasia. Obs.
| 1627 W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 29 Tribulation to them that trouble. The paranomasie, or paronymie, I thinke is not casuall,..but intended to point at the Talio God holds in recompencing. |
† 2. The family of words derived from one root.
| 1682 Weekly Mem. Ingen. 375 The Paronymie or derivatives from thence. |
3. Formation from a word in another language with but slight change; adaptation of a foreign word to native word-types.
| 1885 B. G. Wilder in Jrnl. Nervous & Ment. Dis. July (title) Paronymy versus Heteronymy as Neuronymic Principles. 1885–9 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sc. VIII. 519 (Cent.) The relation between the Latin pons and the French pont is one of paronymy; but between pons and the English bridge it is one of heteronymy. |