false etymology
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popularly held but false belief about the origin or derivation of a specific word
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folk etymology
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slavery
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Irish
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racism
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International Standard Book Number
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etymology science
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humanism
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digital object identifier
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International Standard Serial Number
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neologism
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Ghil'ad Zuckermann
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urban legend
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false friend
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backronym
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language transfer
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back-formation
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semantic change
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Palgrave Macmillan
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false cognate
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etymological fallacy
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