paronym
(ˈpærənɪm)
[ad. Gr. παρώνυµον, from neuter of παρώνυµος ‘formed by a slight change of the word, derivative’.]
A word which is derived from another, or from the same root; a derivative or cognate word.
| 1846 Smart Suppl., Paronyme, a paronymous word. 1888 P. Shorey in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. Oct. 290 Plato was determined to preserve the dignified associations of Being and its paronyms for the abstract studies he delighted to honor. |
b. ‘A word of one language which translates a word of another with only a difference of termination or other slight change’ (Cent. Dict. 1890): cf. paronymize, paronymy 3.
Hence paroˈnymic a. = paronymous.
| 1890 in Cent. Dict. |