Etymology

A particular manifestation of the failure to respect the distinction of the diachronic and the synchronic in
semantics (coupled with a failure to keep distinct the descriptive and prescriptive point of view in the
discussion of language) is what might be called the etymological fallacy[ (Lyons, 1977, vol I: 244)]
Consider:
Language Sciences Volume 20, Issue 2, April 1998, Pages 189-200 Language Sciences «Semantics and the ‘etymological fallacy’» by Christopher Hutton