Complete Definition of "back-formation"

English
Alternative spellings
backformation
Noun
en-noun|sg=back-formation

  1. context|uncountable|linguistics The process by which a new word is formed by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) of an older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as a suffix forming an agent noun) from burglar.
  2. context|countable A word created in this way.

Translations
trans-top|linguistic process
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|word formed by this linguistic process
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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