misetymology
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
7
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Floridelphia may be euphonious but it’s a bad case of misetymology. It is the name given to a town located in the extensive tract of Florida land purchased by the Disstons of the handsaw fame."
- "In the Institute itself, [Noah] Webster has a second sort of division, each page being divided roughly into two parts by a horizontal line, below which occur Webster’s misetymologies of particles—if comes from give, yet from get—along with sage observation."
- "Let us not be falsely naive by aiming heavy cannon at the etymology "tsum esn." It was merely a groundless suggestion offered by someone who did not know the etymology accepted in Yiddish linguistic circles; by dint of repetition in the popular prints, "tsimes < tsum esn" has become accepted in unknowledgeable circles. We shall not waste any more time or space on this misetymology."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor. Latin etymologiader. Old French ethimologiebor. Middle English ethymologie English etymology English misetymology From mis- + etymology.