Meaning of misetymology | Babel Free

Definitions

Incorrect etymology.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Floridelphia may be euphonious but it’s a bad case of misetymology. It is the name⟳ given to a town located in the extensive tract of Florida land⟳ purchased by the Disstons of the handsaw fame.”

“In the Institute itself, [Noah] Webster has a second sort⟳ of division, each page being divided roughly into two parts by a horizontal line, below which occur⟳ Webster’s misetymologies of particles—if comes from give⟳, yet from get⟳—along with sage observation.”

“Let⟳ us not be falsely naive by aiming heavy cannon at the etymology "tsum esn." It was merely a groundless suggestion offered by someone who did not know⟳ the etymology accepted in Yiddish linguistic circles; by dint of repetition in the popular prints, "tsimes < tsum esn" has become⟳ accepted in unknowledgeable circles. We shall not waste⟳ any more time or space on this misetymology.”

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