False etymology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A false etymology is any assumed or postulated etymology that is incorrect. Folk etymology , in its basic sense, refers to popularly held (and often false) beliefs about the origins of specific wo...
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is Folk Etymology? ... A word or phrase is typically considered a folk etymology only if it has changed from its original borrowed form as a result of the reinterpreted etymology.
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www.wisegeek.com/what-is-folk-etymology.htm
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-folk-etymology.htm
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English has many examples of folk etymology. Cockroach comes from the Spanish word cucaracha. As with woodchuck, the Spanish word was transformed into English by substituting similar-sounding morphemes: cock (as in rooster) and roach (which at that time was simply the name of a type of fish).
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itotd.com/articles/406/folk-etymology/
itotd.com/articles/406/folk-etymology/
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Folk-Etymology: a Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions or Words Perverted in Form or Meaning by False Derivation or Mistaken Analogy; Palmer, Abram Smythe;
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dx.doi.org/10.1336/0837111536
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From Wikipedia (itself a source of conceptual folk etymology, but that's another rant): ... What do I mean by "technical folk etymology"? ... All because they fall prey to technical folk etymology. They bend the context around the phrases in question to mean something entirely different than what the words actually mean,
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blogs.tedneward.com/2008/04/16/Do+You+Fall+Prey+To+Tech...
blogs.tedneward.com/2008/04/16/Do+You+Fall+Prey+To+Technical+Folk+Etymology.aspx
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The folk etymology, however, is not parallel in structure to iye'=ska - s^a 'red' precedes ska 'white, clear', for example - and does not explain the h or the diminutive. Little irregularities like this often expose a folk etymology for what it is.
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spot.colorado.edu/~koontz/faq/etymology.htm
spot.colorado.edu/~koontz/faq/etymology.htm
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• noun 1 a popular but mistaken account of the origin of a word or phrase. 2 the process by which the form of an unfamiliar or foreign word is adapted to a more familiar form through popular usage. ... Perform another search of the Compact Oxford English Dictionary ... About this dictionary; The Compact Oxford...
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www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/folketymology
www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/folketymology
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Folk Etymology refers to assigning meanings to words based on analysis of their syllabic structure, but not based on their history. You might say that they're analytically robust but historically challenged. Individual syllables are assigned meanings through mainly phonic connection.
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clublet.com/c/c/why?FolkEtymology
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Singular; folk etymology ... folk etymology (plural folk etymologies) ... folk-etymologize...
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en.wiktionary.org/wiki/folk_etymology
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/folk_etymology
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