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paronym
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paronym, n.
1 a word cognate with another.
2 a word formed from a foreign word.
1 a word cognate with another.
2 a word formed from a foreign word.
Derivative
paronymous adj.
Etymology
Gk paronumon, neut. of paronumos (as PARA-(1), onuma name)
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