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Paronymous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the same root or derivation; conjugate. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning. not-comparable

    "Ethology, ethnology, etiology, etymology, and entomology are paronymous."

Etymology

From paronym + -ous.

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