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Back-formation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In etymology, back-formation refers to the process of creating a new lexeme (less precisely, a new "word") by removing actual or supposed affixes. The resulting neologism is called a back-formation...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on back-formation (linguistics), Back-formations and blends are becoming increasingly popular. Back-formation is the reverse of affixation, being the analogical creation of a new word from an existing word falsely assumed to be its derivative. ... Cosmic Eye Looks Back In Time.
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This production of new words by clipping, back-formation and folk-etymology is quite as active among the verbs as among the nouns. I have already described the appearance of such forms as to locate in the earliest days of differentiation and the popularity of such forms as to enthuse and to phone today.
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Back formation is the creation of a new word by removing parts that appear to be suffixes. Back formation fits into the category of retronyms. Basically this means that by chopping off the beginning or end of a word, another word is formed.
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Definition of back-formation from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "back-formation" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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back formation: Definition and Pronunciation ... back' forma"tion ... back focus...
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