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folk-etymologize

folk-etymologize verb: to introduce or develop a folk etymology.

Verb

folk-etymologize (third-person singular simple present folk-etymologizes, present participle folk-etymologizing, simple past and past participle folk-etymologized)

  1. (intransitive) To introduce or develop a folk etymology.
  2. (transitive) To explain the etymology of a word as folk etymology.

Forms of folk-etymologize

third-person singular presentfolk-etymologizes
present participlefolk-etymologizing
past participlefolk-etymologized
pastfolk-etymologized
alternative formfolk etymologize

Questions about folk-etymologize

What does folk-etymologize mean?
Folk-etymologize means to introduce or develop a folk etymology.
What part of speech is folk-etymologize?
Folk-etymologize is a verb.
What is the past tense of folk-etymologize?
The past tense of folk-etymologize is folk-etymologized.

Words near folk-etymologize in the dictionary

  1. folk ways
  2. folk's-glove
  3. folk-blues
  4. folk-etymological
  5. folk-etymologically
  6. folk-etymologize
  7. folk-etymologized
  8. folk-etymologizes
  9. folk-etymologizing
  10. folk-healer
  11. folk-hero

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