folk-etymology(n.)
1882年; 参见 folk(名词)+ etymology。可能是翻译德语 Volksetymologie(早在1852年)。这个德语词在1876年被用于英语中。
By Folk-etymology is meant the influence exercised upon words, both as to their form and meaning, by the popular use and misuse of them. In a special sense, it is intended to denote the corruption which words undergo, owing either to false ideas about their derivation, or to a mistaken analogy with other words to which they are supposed to be related. [The Rev. A. Smythe Palmer, "Folk-Etymology," 1882]
民间词源学指的是人们对单词的形式和含义的使用和误用所产生的影响。在特定的意义上,它旨在表示单词由于对它们的起源的错误理解或与其他单词的错误类比而发生的变形。[A. Smythe Palmer 牧师,《民间词源学》,1882年]
该词起源时间:1882年