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folk-etymologized

folk-etymologized is the simple past and past participle of folk-etymologize.

Meaning of folk-etymologize

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.

Questions about folk-etymologized

What is folk-etymologized the simple past and past participle of?
Folk-etymologized is the simple past and past participle of folk-etymologize.

Words near folk-etymologized in the dictionary

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

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