argumentum ad etymologiam

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Definition von argumentum ad etymologiam im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

An appeal to a word’s etymology in order to prescribe its meaning

I don’t know where you got that idea, but it’s wrong; it means “fearsome lizard”. Incidentally, ConservPride is commiting the logical fallacy known as argumentum ad etymologiam.

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ar·gu·men·tum ad etymologiam

Etymologie

() Latin argūmentum (“argument, evidence, proof”) + ad (“to, toward”) + etymologiam, accusative form of etymologia (“etymology”)