HyperDic: folk_etymology

English > 1 sense of the expression folk etymology:
NOUNcommunicationfolk etymologya popular but erroneous etymology
English > folk etymology: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA popular but erroneous etymology.
BroaderetymologyA history of a word
Spanishetimología popular
Catalanetimologia popular

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