Definition of popular etymology

popular etymologynoun

từ nguyên phổ biến

/ˌpɒpjələr etɪˈmɒlədʒi//ˌpɑːpjələr etɪˈmɑːlədʒi/

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a popular but wrong belief about the origin of a word or phrase

a process by which a word is changed, for example because people believe that it is related to another word, even though it is not, or to make a foreign word sound more familiar

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