User talk:Rui Gabriel Correia

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Latest comment: 7 years ago by Chuck Entz in topic Folk Etymology
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Folk Etymology[edit]

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This is a technical term used by professional etymologists to describe a real phenomenon. How else would you describe a change that occurs due a mistaken belief of speakers about the origins of a word or phrase? Whether it was right or wrong, it happened, so an etymology needs to mention it. Chuck Entz (talk) 14:38, 5 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

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