Folk etymology
Process of reinterpretive word formation
5,9007,030
Rare
Folk etymology
Process of reinterpretive word formation
Folk etymology is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one through popular usage. The form or the meaning of an archaic, foreign, or otherwise unfamiliar word is reinterpreted as resembling more familiar words or morphemes.
- Attack
- 5,900
- Defense
- 7,030
- readers / month
- 3,841
- Article length
- 26 kB · 43 languages
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Folk etymology is a Rare card because its Wikipedia article was read 3,841 times in the last 30 days. Its 26 KB of text give it 5,900 attack, and coverage in 43 Wikipedia language editions gives it 7,030 defense.