Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To introduce or develop a folk etymology.

  2. (transitive)To explain the etymology of a word as folk etymology.

Forms

folk-etymologizes, folk-etymologizing, folk-etymologized, folk-etymologized
Base formfolk-etymologize · to folk-etymologize
3rd person singularfolk-etymologizes
Present participlefolk-etymologizing
Past simplefolk-etymologized
Past participlefolk-etymologized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfolk-etymologize
he, she, itfolk-etymologizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsfolk-etymologized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave folk-etymologized
he, she, ithas folk-etymologized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill folk-etymologize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
foliofolkB1folklorefolktaleC1followA2
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