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Miles Lee Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Word Formation

Folk Etymology is a method of coining a word. This process forms a word by substituting a common native form for an exotic form with a similar pronunciation.
e.g. cockroach<Spanish cucuracha 'wood' louse

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