Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

popular etymology

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
pop-u-lar e-t-y-mol-o-gy
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
8
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A folk etymology.

Inflected Forms

popular etymologies (plural)

Questions

What does popular etymology mean?
A folk etymology.

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