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paretymological

paretymological adjective: synonym of folk-etymological.

Adjective

paretymological (comparative more paretymological, superlative most paretymological)

  1. Synonym of folk-etymological.

Synonyms of paretymological

Forms of paretymological

comparativemore paretymological
superlativemost paretymological

Questions about paretymological

What does paretymological mean?
Paretymological means synonym of folk-etymological.
What part of speech is paretymological?
Paretymological is an adjective.

Words near paretymological in the dictionary

  1. Pareto-improvements
  2. Pareto-optimal
  3. Paretoan
  4. Paretsky
  5. Paretskys
  6. paretymological
  7. paretymology
  8. pareu
  9. pareunia
  10. pareus
  11. parev

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