rebracketing

English

Etymology

re- +‎ bracketing

Noun

rebracketing (countable and uncountable, plural rebracketings)

1. (linguistics) The process by which a word originally derived from one source is broken down or bracketed into a different set of factors.

   The understanding of "hamburger" as "ham + burger" (rather than "Hamburg" + "-er") is an example of rebracketing.

   Synonyms: metanalysis