misetymologize

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ etymologize.

Verb

misetymologize (third-person singular simple present misetymologizes, present participle misetymologizing, simple past and past participle misetymologized)

1. (lexicography) To derive erroneously; to provide an incorrect etymology.
   • 1978, The Individual and the Future of Organizations - Volumes 7-13, page 7:

     Even professors of education in their textbooks on education usually misetymologize the word as being derived from the Latin educere, to draw out.