Misetymologize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To derive erroneously; to provide an incorrect etymology.
"Even professors of education in their textbooks on education usually misetymologize the word as being derived from the Latin educere, to draw out."
Example
More examples"Even professors of education in their textbooks on education usually misetymologize the word as being derived from the Latin educere, to draw out."
Etymology
From mis- + etymologize.
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