English
back-form
A back-formation; a word formed by removing a perceived morpheme from an older word.
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Origin
A back-formation from back-formation. By surface analysis, back- + form.
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- derivedEnglishback-formation “The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a deriva…”
- partEnglishformation “The act of assembling a group or structure.”
- inheritedMiddle Englishformacioun
- suffixEnglish-ation “An action or process.”
- partEnglishformation “The act of assembling a group or structure.”
- surface analysisEnglishback- “Back in its adverbial senses.”
- surface analysisEnglishform “The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.”