See misetymology in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"Incorrect etymology."
],
"links": [
[
"lexicography",
"lexicography"
],
[
"Incorrect",
"incorrect"
],
[
"etymology",
"etymology"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(lexicography) Incorrect etymology."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"lexicography",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "misetymology"
}
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