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popular etymology

popular etymology
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈpɒp yə lər ˌe-tə-ˈmä-lə-jē/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈpɒp yə lər ˌe-tə-ˈmä-lə-jē/

Definitions of popular etymology words

  • noun popular etymology folk etymology. 1
  • noun popular etymology folk etymology 0

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Origin of popular etymology

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80

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Parts of speech for Popular etymology

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

popular etymology popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

popular etymology usage trend in Literature

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