中文翻译与英英解释

民俗语源，通俗词源；文字的通俗变化〔如 bridegome 变化 bridegroom, asparagus 变为 sparrow-grass 等〕。

folk:    n. (pl. folks, folk ) 1.(常fo ...

etymology:    n. 1.词源，语源。 2.词源[语源]学。

a popular but erroneous etymology

Folk etymology is change in a word or phrase over time resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one.Oxford English Dictionary Online, "folk-etymology, usually, the popular perversion of the form of words in order to render it apparently significant"Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics Folk EtymologyR.