0 an explanation for the origin of a word that is believed to be true, but is, in fact, wrong:
Brooke's derivation of machete from Spanish "macho" (="male") is a folk etymology: the two words are unconnected.
However, this may be a folk etymology as there were other early temples in different centres with the same name.
Folk etymology advocates that the word "carcamano" is composed of two separate words.
Folk etymology saw the name as a compound of ("pan", all) and (beast).
According to folk etymology, the name is derived from the effects of the tropical sun on their fair-skinned legs.
There is a folk etymology for the name as well.
This interpretation is contested and generally believed to be a folk etymology.
In false analogy, as in folk etymology, the speaker is reaching for meaning, especially obvious and transparent meaning.
In short, false analogy may occur after adaptation has taken place and be carried out mainly by monolinguals as a type of folk etymology.
