back-form

See also: Backform

English

Etymology

Back-formation from back-formation.

Noun

back-form (plural back-forms)

  1. A back-formation; a word formed by removing a perceived morpheme from an older word.

Verb

back-form (third-person singular simple present back-forms, present participle back-forming, simple past and past participle back-formed)

  1. To form a word by a back-formation process.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.