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language family. Even
though etymological research originated from the
philological tradition, much
current etymological research is done on language...
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common false etymologies of
English words Back-formation
Backronym Bongo-Bongo (linguistics)
Chinese word for "crisis"
Eggcorn Etymological fallacy False...
- An
etymological fallacy is an
argument of equivocation,
arguing that a word is
defined by its
etymology, and that its
customary usage is
therefore incorrect...
- An
etymological dictionary discusses the
etymology of the
words listed. Often,
large dictionaries, such as the
Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's...
- The
Etymologies may
refer to: The
Etymologies (Tolkien), a 1930s word-list for his
Elvish languages Etymologiae, also
called The
Etymologies,
written by...
- Folk
etymology – also
known as (generative) po****r
etymology,
analogical reformation, (morphological)
reanalysis and
etymological reinterpretation –...
- Asia (/ˈeɪʒə/ AY-zhə, UK also /ˈeɪʃə/ AY-shə) is the
largest continent in the
world by both land area and po****tion. It
covers an area of more than 44...
- India,
officially the
Republic of India, is a
country in
South Asia. It is the seventh-largest
country by area; the most
populous country since 2023; and...
- Proto-Germanic *skaðwa- (meaning "shadow"). John
McKinnell comments that this
etymology suggests that the
goddess Skaði may have once been a
personification of...
- of Nepal. Maha Devi. p. 8. Turner,
Ralph L. (1931). A
Comparative and
Etymological Dictionary of the
Nepali Language. London:
Routledge and
Kegan Paul....
