popular etymology
noun /ˌpɒpjələr etɪˈmɒlədʒi/
/ˌpɑːpjələr etɪˈmɑːlədʒi/
(also folk etymology)
[uncountable, countable]- a popular but wrong belief about the origin of a word or phrase
流行词源： 关于单词或短语起源的流行但错误的信念 - a process by which a word is changed, for example because people believe that it is related to another word, even though it is not, or to make a foreign word sound more familiar
流行词源： 更改单词的过程，例如，因为人们认为某个单词与另一个单词相关（即使与另一个单词无关），或者使外来单词听起来更熟悉