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Where is the process known as folk etymology used?

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Where is the process known as folk etymology used?
posted Sep 27, 2021 by Aastha Joshi

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Linguistics
Folk etymology is defined as “the transformation of words so as to give them an apparent relationship to better-known or better-understood words.” An example is "sparrowgrass" instead of "asparagus".

answer Sep 28, 2021 by Tapesh Kulkarni
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