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这里为大家介绍下folk etymology 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

中英文翻译

民俗语源，通俗词源；文字的通俗变化〔如 bridegome 变化 bridegroom, asparagus 变为 sparrow-grass 等〕。

folk:n. (pl. folks, folk ) 1.(常fo ...etymology:n. 1.词源，语源。 2.词源[语源]学。 a popular but erroneous etymology

Folk etymology is change in a word or phrase over time resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one.Oxford English Dictionary Online, "folk-etymology, usually, the popular perversion of the form of words in order to render it apparently significant"Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics Folk EtymologyR.单词网daNci.583316.COm