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folk-etymologize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To introduce or develop a folk etymology.
To explain the etymology of a word as folk etymology.

Word forms

folk-etymologize folk-etymologizes folk-etymologizing folk-etymologized folk etymologize

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