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folk etymology

NOUN
  1. a popular but erroneous etymology

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  • The term folk etymology covers suggestions of the theos-deus OUPblog
  • A folk etymology is one that is widely believed but which is unfounded linguistically, though often it ‘seems’ right. 6 posts from January 2009
  • One form of this is called folk etymology.
  • If there is any truth to the folk etymology of "Jesus Barabbas" then the term Abba was well entrenched at the time. What Jesus Said and Did: 1) Prayer in Gethsemane
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