paronomasia (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[paronomasia 词源字典]
"pun," 1570s, from Latin, from Greek paronomasia "play upon words which sound similarly," from paronomazein "to alter slightly, to call with slight change of name," literally "to name beside," from par- (see para- (1)) + onomasia "naming," from onoma "name" (see name (n.)).[paronomasia etymology, paronomasia origin, 英语词源]