Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is...

cultural/linguistic community, it is a folk etymology (or popular etymology). Nevertheless, folk/popular etymology may also refer to the process by which...

Etymology (/ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/, ET-im-OL-ə-jee) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its...

During the 1990s, several authors correctly identified the spurious folk etymology; however, the connection to domestic violence was still being cited...

copy/context", "spelling is correct", "spelled incorrectly", and other such folk etymology phrases. These are all incorrect and are simply backronyms from sic...

(الدرا, "the Forest") or Navarro-Aragonese andurrial ("scrubland"). One folk etymology holds that it derives from the Biblical Endor, a name bestowed by Louis...

a folk etymology Reto [de], a purported deity potentially stemming from a folk etymology Stuffo, a purported deity potentially stemming from a folk etymology...

origins of "coonass" are obscure, and Cajuns have put forth several folk etymologies in an effort to explain the word's origin. Some of these hold that...

structure of the word—racism against the Semitic people. False friends Folk etymology – Process of reinterpretive word formation Genetic fallacy – Fallacy...

Pee and Kew,'" possibly the initials of "Prime Quality" (folk etymology). Another folk etymology comes from the pubs in Scotland and England. The reason...

by football fans of the Cleveland Browns in Hall’s home town. Many folk etymologies exist, but the written record is clear: the term appears widely in...

folk etymology caused animal rights groups such as PETA to lobby that the town should be renamed. Common English usage misconceptions Folk etymology Pseudo-etymology...

Homology (biology) Indo-European vocabulary False friend False etymology Folk etymology Word family Crystal, David, ed. (2011). "cognate". A Dictionary...

has been buried alive to ring a bell to call for help, but this is a folk etymology. Look up dead ringer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gary Martin...

Ilonka and Ilike. Ilona is a common name in Finland, where, according to folk etymology, it refers to the Finnish word ilo ("joy") and ilona literally means...

with "H" replaced by something longer, is vast. In addition to the folk etymology of Jesus Harold Christ, Smith lists Jesus Holy Christ, Jesus Hecking...

hermeneutic) could determine the truth or falsity of the message.: 21–22  Folk etymology places its origin with Hermes, the mythological Greek deity who was...

opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae. Its name has led to a folk etymology that its consumption caused hair loss. This sea hare occurs in the eastern...

Вера: Véra, "faith") is a female given name of Slavic origin, and by folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera meaning "true". In Slavic languages...

similar origin, is associated with the healing-well of Evaux in France. For etymology of Ì and Latinised derivative Iona, see Watson (2004), pp. 87-90. The...

from the Vulgate Bible. There is also a commonly repeated incorrect folk etymology. The expression "cold shoulder" has been used in many literary works...

Orani, officially the Municipality of Orani (Tagalog: Bayan ng Orani), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to...

of the Surrinam spelling, 19th-century British sources offered the folk etymology Surryham, saying it was the name given to the Suriname River by Lord...

etymology is possibly related to a pre-Greek form *Erektyeu-. The connection of Ἐριχθόνιος with ἐρέχθω, "shake" is a late folk-etymology; other folk-etymologies...

also documented controversy surrounding OK and the history of its folk etymologies, both of which are intertwined with the history of the word itself...

the "gate of god" interpretation is increasingly viewed as a Semitic folk etymology to explain an unknown original non-Semitic placename. I. J. Gelb in...

literally expensive (Surname)) are equally meaningless. See Char koay teow: Etymology for more information. according to KWF Diksiyonáryo ng Wíkang Filipíno...

'that which watches over peace'. The etymology was forgotten with time, which led to a variety of folk etymologies and spellings, with the initial meaning...

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standard French phrase la rivière ("the river"), has been associated by folk etymology with laver ("to wash"). Therefore, lavier is interpreted to mean "a...