re-etymologization

English

Examples

The Greek and Latin name Hierosolyma is a corruption, from the erroneous supposition that the first syllable is Greek hieros, sacred.[1]

Alternative forms

  • reetymologization

Etymology

From re- +‎ etymologization.

Noun

re-etymologization (countable and uncountable, plural re-etymologizations)

  1. (linguistics) Modification of a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.

References

  1. ^ The Encyclopedia Americana, 1919, page 29
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