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Noun Concept
Categories: Semantic relations, Folklore, Urban legends, Error, Etymology
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false etymology  Derivational-only popular etymology  Etymological myth  etymythology  fake etymology
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A false etymology is a false theory about the origin or derivation of a specific word or phrase. Wikipedia
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A false etymology is a false theory about the origin or derivation of a specific word or phrase. Wikipedia
popularly held but false belief about the origin or derivation of a specific word Wikidata
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concept
DIFFERENT FROM
folk etymology
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false etymology
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false etymology
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Derivational-only popular etymology, Etymological myth, etymythology, fake etymology, false etymologies, False Etymology, Faux etymology, paretymology, popular etymology, Pseudo-etymological, Pseudo-etymologies, pseudo-etymology, pseudoetymologies, Pseudoetymology, Urban legend etymology
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etymythology, fake etymology, folk etymology, paraetymology, popular etymology

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