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Hobson-Jobson
noun: assimilation of the sounds of a word or words foreign to a language into the sounds of a word or words coined or already existent in the language (as Spanish cucaracha has become English cockroach or as English riding coat has become French redingote) compare folk etymology
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Merriam-Webster unabridged