Etymological fallacy

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Etymological fallacy

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Etymological fallacy - genetic fallacy that holds that the present-day meaning of a word or phrase should necessarily be similar to its historical meaning. Article “Etymological fallacy” in English Wikipedia has 29.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 9 references and 6 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Etymological fallacy” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Etymological fallacy”, its content was written by 109 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 169 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 177 times in English Wikipedia and cited 492 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #28065 in September 2024
  • Global: #58218 in November 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #312166 in May 2025
  • Global: #484777 in May 2025

There are 12 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Etymological fallacy
29.7321
2German (de)
Etymologischer Fehlschluss
28.1695
3Czech (cs)
Etymologický klam
26.2288
4Arabic (ar)
مغالطة التأثيل
23.0335
5Polish (pl)
Sofizmat etymologiczny
20.9724
6Turkish (tr)
Etimolojik safsata
20.0822
7Catalan (ca)
Fal·làcia etimològica
17.1645
8Indonesian (id)
Kekeliruan etimologis
17.0768
9Spanish (es)
Falacia etimológica
14.6299
10Ukrainian (uk)
Етимологічна хиба
13.3025
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Etymological fallacy" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Etymological fallacy
361 740
2Spanish (es)
Falacia etimológica
13 657
3Polish (pl)
Sofizmat etymologiczny
7 068
4Chinese (zh)
詞源謬誤
6 651
5Arabic (ar)
مغالطة التأثيل
3 470
6German (de)
Etymologischer Fehlschluss
2 312
7Catalan (ca)
Fal·làcia etimològica
992
8Turkish (tr)
Etimolojik safsata
759
9Czech (cs)
Etymologický klam
599
10Ukrainian (uk)
Етимологічна хиба
511
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Etymological fallacy" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Etymological fallacy
2 344
2Polish (pl)
Sofizmat etymologiczny
49
3Chinese (zh)
詞源謬誤
45
4Spanish (es)
Falacia etimológica
38
5German (de)
Etymologischer Fehlschluss
25
6Ukrainian (uk)
Етимологічна хиба
25
7Arabic (ar)
مغالطة التأثيل
17
8Czech (cs)
Etymologický klam
15
9Turkish (tr)
Etimolojik safsata
14
10Indonesian (id)
Kekeliruan etimologis
13
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Etymological fallacy" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Etymological fallacy
109
2German (de)
Etymologischer Fehlschluss
13
3Spanish (es)
Falacia etimológica
9
4Chinese (zh)
詞源謬誤
8
5Polish (pl)
Sofizmat etymologiczny
6
6Czech (cs)
Etymologický klam
5
7Ukrainian (uk)
Етимологічна хиба
5
8Arabic (ar)
مغالطة التأثيل
4
9Hebrew (he)
כשל אטימולוגי
4
10Indonesian (id)
Kekeliruan etimologis
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Etymological fallacy" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Etymological fallacy
1
2Arabic (ar)
مغالطة التأثيل
0
3Catalan (ca)
Fal·làcia etimològica
0
4Czech (cs)
Etymologický klam
0
5German (de)
Etymologischer Fehlschluss
0
6Spanish (es)
Falacia etimológica
0
7Hebrew (he)
כשל אטימולוגי
0
8Indonesian (id)
Kekeliruan etimologis
0
9Polish (pl)
Sofizmat etymologiczny
0
10Turkish (tr)
Etimolojik safsata
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Etymological fallacy" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Etymological fallacy
177
2Arabic (ar)
مغالطة التأثيل
146
3Ukrainian (uk)
Етимологічна хиба
123
4Catalan (ca)
Fal·làcia etimològica
23
5Polish (pl)
Sofizmat etymologiczny
9
6Chinese (zh)
詞源謬誤
9
7Spanish (es)
Falacia etimológica
2
8Hebrew (he)
כשל אטימולוגי
1
9Indonesian (id)
Kekeliruan etimologis
1
10Turkish (tr)
Etimolojik safsata
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مغالطة التأثيل
caCatalan
Fal·làcia etimològica
csCzech
Etymologický klam
deGerman
Etymologischer Fehlschluss
enEnglish
Etymological fallacy
esSpanish
Falacia etimológica
heHebrew
כשל אטימולוגי
idIndonesian
Kekeliruan etimologis
plPolish
Sofizmat etymologiczny
trTurkish
Etimolojik safsata
ukUkrainian
Етимологічна хиба
zhChinese
詞源謬誤

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#312166
05.2025
Global:
#484777
05.2025

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#28065
09.2024
Global:
#58218
11.2023

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Etymological fallacy from Wikipedia articles about Antisemitism, List of fallacies, Deconstruction, False etymology and Equivocation. Whereas reading the article about Etymological fallacy people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Equivocation, Semitic people, Linguistic prescription, False friend and Genetic fallacy.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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