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paretymology

paretymology is the alternative form of paraetymology.

Meaning of paraetymology

Noun

paraetymology

  1. Synonym of folk etymology.
    Synonyms:
    folk etymology

Questions about paretymology

What is paretymology the alternative form of?
Paretymology is the alternative form of paraetymology.

Words near paretymology in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paretymology (page history and authors); paraetymology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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