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The Greek and Latin name Hierosolyma is a corruption, from the erroneous supposition that the first syllable is Greek hieros, sacred.[1]
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Etymology
From re- + etymologization.
Noun
re-etymologization (countable and uncountable, plural re-etymologizations)
- (linguistics) Modification of a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.
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