Polyptoton

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What Wikipedia says

Polyptoton is the stylistic scheme in which different words derived from the same root (such as "strong" and "strength"). The device is also referred to as paregmenon; it is sometimes synonymous with adnomination or traductio but often they are considered distinct.

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