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FOLK ETYMOLOGY
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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FOLK ETYMOLOGY, also popular etymology. A term in
LINGUISTICS for ‘folk’ or ‘popular’ theories (that is, the thoughts of ordinary, non-academic people) about the origins, forms, and meanings of words, sometimes resulting in changes to the words in question:
plantar wart, a wart on the sole of the foot (from Latin
planta), reinterpreted as
planter's wart. See
ETYMOLOGY.
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Etymology sites attract word lovers.(LinK-Up@Home: Your Personal Guide to the Web)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...classification of clouds and the etymology of their names ("cumulus...posted on a page at the Online Etymology Dictionary (http://www...few dozen of the strangest etymologies of English words. But there...mill, grinding out an online etymology dictionary," so he decided...
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Anatoly Liberman. An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 12/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction...only a handful of etymologies are dealt with...difficult or unsolved etymologies of fifty-five...of unknown ... etymology" that may be native...witega, 5) other etymologies of witch, 6...the proposed etymology of witch from...
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Analysis: Uncertainty surrounding etymology of slang term `hip'
Transcript from: NPR Special; 12/9/2004; ; 661 words
; ...Leland says he found the Wolof etymology in Juba to Jive, a dictionary...obvious problems with the etymology were ignored, such as the...collected over a dozen possible etymologies, but no one has made a good...which supported the Wolof etymology. Some of the books he listed...
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Intriguing, complex field of study; Many people assume that the etymology is somehow the key to a word's meaning.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 1/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...frustrating discipline. The root of etymology itself is in Greek etumos...though research shows that etymologies are often far more complex...many people assume that the etymology is somehow the key to a word...by reference to its roots. Etymologies are the ancestors of words...
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Commentary: Folk etymologies and their origins in English
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 8/19/2001; ; 645 words
; ...00-0000 Commentary: Folk etymologies and their origins in English...Ciardi. This one, about folk etymologies, originally aired in March...some fun talking about spook etymology, the work of language spooks...material information. Spook etymology, however, is not to be confused...
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Henderson, John, The Medieval World of Isidore of Seville: Truth from Words.(The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Parergon; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...encyclopaedic compendium, the Etymologies, which survives in more...saint of the Internet. The Etymologies are a vast treasure-trove...entry presents the putative etymology of the Latin term, followed...first modern edition of the Etymologies was published by W. M...
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The etymology and meanings of eldritch.
Magazine article from: Scottish Language; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...appropriated it as a critical term, its etymology remains uncertain. The Oxford English...Puhvel suggested in a brief note that the etymology is rather *ael-rice~el-rice...forms of eldritch as an impediment to the etymology *aelf-rice, whereas in fact the loss...
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Profile: Words that have evolved, folk etymology
Transcript from: Weekly Edition (NPR); 11/4/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Words that have evolved, folk etymology Host: LAURIE HOWELL Time...1986. It' s a look at folk etymologies, words that have evolved...some fun talking about spook etymology, the work of language spooks...material information. Spook etymology, however, is not to be confused...
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Caesarean section--etymology and early history.
Magazine article from: South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Etymology Stories of the birth of...strong correlation between etymology and genealogy occurs. Some...the so-called creative etymology. The most well-known...golden lion'. The book Etymologies by Isodore of Sevilla...
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Worries about words. (etymology)
Magazine article from: ETC.: A Review of General Semantics; 12/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...come up with for human behavior. Etymology and psychology, indeed, have much...the way that an understanding of etymology heightens awareness of the dynamic and slippery nature of language. Etymology and psychology offer us more than...
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ETYMOLOGY
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
ETYMOLOGY Both the study of the history...libri (Books of Origins or Etymologies), more commonly known...what is now called FOLK ETYMOLOGY , in which associative guessing...girlcott . Isidore's views on etymology were affected by his belief...
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etymology
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
etymology , branch of linguistics that investigates...20th cent. linguists continued to use etymology to learn how meanings change, but they...is to be understood at all. The term etymology has been replaced by the term derivation...
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FOLK ETYMOLOGY
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
FOLK ETYMOLOGY, also popular etymology. A term in LINGUISTICS for ‘folk’ or ‘popular’...on the sole of the foot (from Latin planta ), reinterpreted as planter's wart . See ETYMOLOGY .
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St. Isidore of Seville
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...transmitted to the Middle Ages in his chief work, the Etymologies. Isidore was born into a Hispano-Roman family...and his final and most significant work, the Etymologies. The Etymologies Isidore labored over the Etymologies from 622...
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Baroque
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...contemporary art. ETYMOLOGIES It seems fitting that...mutation no secure etymology has been determined...ambiguity than the etymologies of other period styles...The four principal etymologies are presented here...barueca ), is the etymology preferred by art historians...
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