paronymous

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English

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Etymology

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paronym +‎ -ous

Adjective

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paronymous (not comparable)

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