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folk etymologist

folk etymologist noun: one who produces folk etymology.

Noun

folk etymologist (plural folk etymologists)

  1. One who produces folk etymology.

Forms of folk etymologist

pluralfolk etymologists

Questions about folk etymologist

What does folk etymologist mean?
Folk etymologist means one who produces folk etymology.
What part of speech is folk etymologist?
Folk etymologist is a noun.
What is the plural of folk etymologist?
The plural of folk etymologist is folk etymologists.

Words near folk etymologist in the dictionary

  1. folk dances
  2. folk dancing
  3. folk devil
  4. folk devils
  5. folk etymologies
  6. folk etymologist
  7. folk etymologists
  8. folk etymologize
  9. folk etymologized
  10. folk etymologizes
  11. folk etymologizing

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