surface etymology

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noun
Definitions
  • (linguistics) The apparent etymology of a term based on components occurring in the modern form of the language, such as earth + -en for earthen (earthen), which actually occurred in Old English as eorthene (eorthene).

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Compound from English surface + English etymology.

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