| 单词 | folk-etymology |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfolk-etymology folk-etymology n. usually, the popular perversion of the form of words in order to render it apparently significant. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > change of form of word to give significance popular etymology1789 parasynesis1877 folk-etymology1883 1883 G. Stephens S. Bugge's Stud. N. Mythol. 28 It does not mend the matter, if, when we have no better argument, we call it folk-etymology. < as lemmas |
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