Related Words for folk etymology

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WordSyllablesCategories
etymology
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Noun, Noun
contamination
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Noun
borrowing
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Noun
neologism
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Noun
ancestor
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Noun
cognate
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Noun
english
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Name
signification
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Noun
illiteracy
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Noun
idiom
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Noun
definition
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Noun
byword
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Noun
semantics
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Noun
interference
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Noun
root
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Noun
derivative
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Noun
lexicon
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Noun
primitive
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Adjective
jargon
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Noun
expletive
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Noun
importation
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Noun
derivation
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Noun
lexeme
//
Noun
twist
/
Noun
dictionary
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Noun
hybrid
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Noun
equivocation
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Noun
lemma
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Noun
colloquial
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Noun
indefinite
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Adjective
lingo
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Noun
vocabulary
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Noun
phraseology
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Noun
sickness
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Noun
analogy
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Noun
gibberish
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Noun
internationalism
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Noun
interpretation
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Noun
dictionary definition
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Phrase, Noun
radix
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Noun
wordplay
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Noun
language
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Noun
lexicography
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Noun
descendant
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Noun
doublet
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Noun
attraction
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Noun
term
/
Noun
phonology
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Noun
vernacular
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Noun
reflex
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Noun
native speaker
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
answers
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Noun
artisan
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Noun, Adjective
balinese
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Name, Adjective
ballad
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Noun, Verb
ballroom
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Noun, Verb
bardic
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Adjective, Noun
bengali
x/x
Name, Adjective
bohemian
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Adjective, Noun
chaps
/
Noun
chinese
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Adjective, Name
chronology
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Noun
civic
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Adjective, Noun
civil
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Adjective, Name
civilian
x/x
Adjective, Noun
conjecture
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Noun, Verb
conventional
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Adjective, Noun
country
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Noun, Adjective
country and western
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Name, Name
country music
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
custom
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
dance
/
Noun, Verb
dynasty
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Noun
emendation
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Noun
epic
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Noun, Adjective
ethnic
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Adjective, Noun
family
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Noun, Adjective
flamenco
x/x
Noun, Verb
folk music
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Phrase, Noun
folk song
//
Phrase, Noun
folklore
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Noun
folks
/
Noun
gaelic
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Name, Adjective
gens
/
Noun
germanic
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Adjective, Name
grass roots
//
Phrase, Noun
grassroots
//
Adjective
hasidic
x/x
Adjective
hillbilly
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Noun, Verb
house
/
Noun, Verb
householder
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Noun
kinsfolk
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Noun
ladies
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Noun
lively
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
locution
x/x
Noun
men
/
Noun
name
/
Noun, Verb
nation
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Noun, Adverb
national
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Name, Adjective
nationality
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Noun
natives
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Noun
nomenclature
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Noun
nongovernmental
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Adjective
norse
/
Name, Adjective
notion
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Noun
ojibwe
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Name
olden
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Adjective, Name, Verb
orphic
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Adjective, Name
pagan
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Noun, Adjective
parishioners
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Noun
people
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Noun, Verb
polish
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
polka
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Noun, Verb
pop
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
popular
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Adjective, Noun
popularity
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Noun
private
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
pronunciation
xxx/x
Noun
provenance
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Noun, Verb
quakers
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Name
rabble
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Noun, Verb
ragtag
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Noun, Adjective
ragtag and bobtail
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Phrase, Noun
rendering
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Noun
scottish
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Adjective, Name
sept
/
Name
shopkeepers
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Noun
solo
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
song
/
Noun
spelling
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Noun
supposition
xx/x
Noun
tibetans
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Name
townsfolk
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Noun
townsmen
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Noun
townspeople
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Noun
tradition
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Noun, Verb
transliteration
xxx/x
Noun
tribe
/
Noun, Verb
villagers
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Verb
western
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Adjective, Name
word
/
Noun, Verb
yeomen
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Noun
yoruba
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Name