English Explanatory Dictionary

back-form

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A back-formation; a word formed by removing a perceived morpheme from an older word.
verb
  1. To form a word by a back-formation process.

Word forms

back-form back-forms backform back-forming back-formed

Etymology

A back-formation from back-formation. By surface analysis, back- + form.

Related words

backform
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