folk-etymologize
Verb
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Verb
folk-etymologize (folk-etymologizes, present participle folk-etymologizing; past and past participle folk-etymologized)
- (intransitive) To introduce or develop a folk etymology.
- (transitive) To explain the etymology of a word as folk etymology.
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