An interesting example of Folk Etymology is curry favour meaning to ingratiate oneself by flattery. First, curry is the word meaning to br...

This post will deal with true Folk Etymology, where an unfamiliar word is changed into a more familiar form, or as Anatoly Lieberman puts it...

Anatoly Liberman in his book Word Origins…and how we know them expressed surprise that his profession was frequently confused with entomolo...

Here are my definitions: Etymology is the science of word origins. Folk Etymology is the art of guessing word origins. This is ...