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Noun Concept
Categories: Linguistic error, Articles with short description, Linguistics, Semantic relations, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference
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folk etymology  etymological reinterpretation  folk-etymological  folk-etymology  Folk etymoligization
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A popular but erroneous etymology WordNet 3.0
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A popular but erroneous etymology WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Folk etymology is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one through popular usage. Wikipedia
A modification of a word or its spelling resulting from a misunderstanding of its etymology, as with island, belfry, and hangnail. Wiktionary
A modification of a word or its spelling. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
etymology
etymology
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
DIFFERENT FROM
false etymology
eggcorn
HAS IMMEDIATE CAUSE
false etymology
PRODUCT OR MATERIAL PRODUCED
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Etymologická pověst
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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folk etymology
Wikipedia
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folk etymology
Wikidata
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folk etymology
Wiktionary
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folk etymology
Wikipedia Redirections
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etymological reinterpretation, folk-etymological, folk-etymology, Folk etymoligization, folk etymological, folk etymologies, Folk etymologization, Folk etymologize, Folk Etymology, Generative popular etymology, morphological reanalysis, reanalyse, Reverse etymology, Volksetymologie
Wikidata Alias
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paraetymology, popular etymology, pseudo-etymology

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