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paronymous

paronymous adjective: having the same root or derivation; conjugate.

Adjective

paronymous (not comparable)

  1. Having the same root or derivation; conjugate.
  2. Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning.
    • Ethology, ethnology, etiology, etymology, and entomology are paronymous.

Origin of paronymous

From paronym + -ous.

Words formed from paronymous

Questions about paronymous

What does paronymous mean?
Paronymous means having the same root or derivation; conjugate.
What part of speech is paronymous?
Paronymous is an adjective.

Words near paronymous in the dictionary

  1. paronymization
  2. paronymize
  3. paronymized
  4. paronymizes
  5. paronymizing
  6. paronymous
  7. paronymously
  8. paronyms
  9. paronymy
  10. Paroo
  11. paroon shark

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