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FOLK ETYMOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does folk etymology mean?
• FOLK ETYMOLOGY (noun)
The noun FOLK ETYMOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. a popular but erroneous etymology
Familiarity information: FOLK ETYMOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A popular but erroneous etymology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("folk etymology" is a kind of...):
etymology (a history of a word)
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