Paronomasia Definition

Origin of Paronomasia

• Latin from Greek paronomasiā from paronomazein to call by a different name para- beside para–¹ onomazein to name onomastic

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Latin paronomasia, from Ancient Greek παρονομασία (paronomasia, “play upon words which sound alike"), from παρα- (para-) + ὀνομασία (onomasia, “naming").

  From Wiktionary