English

back-

Back in its adverbial senses.

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    Origin

    From Middle English bak-, bac-, apheretic form of abak, aback (“aback”, adverb). See also aback.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishbak-

    Words built on it: back-form, back-class

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