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Vinony

reanalysis

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English analysis English reanalysis From re- + analysis.

  1. A second or subsequent analysis.
  2. Analyzing a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding.

    “The initial g- in several of the forms is due to reanalysis from syntactic constructions in which the initial k- preceded by a vowel regularly lenites.”