back-formation|back formation in English

noun

(Linguistics) word formed from its derivative (e.g.: "greed" from "greedy; "edit" from "editor"); process of forming words in this manne

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1. Back-formation from Backscattering

2. Back formation in Linguistics topic

3. Back-formation (n.) also Back formation, "word formed from an existing word, often by removal of a suffix or supposed suffix," by 1887, from back (adv.) + formation.

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6. German, back-formation from anastigmatisch Anastigmatic

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8. Alligator Back formation (Sauratown Mountains; Conley, 1985)

9. What does Back formation mean? Information and translations of Back formation in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.

10. Definition of Back formation in the Definitions.net dictionary

11. [Probably back-formation from Chamfering, from French chanfrein, bevelled

12. Bloviate may be a back-formation from the noun bloviation

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14. [Middle English Blabben, to talk foolishly, back-formation from Blaberen

15. [Middle English Blabben, to talk foolishly, back-formation from blaberen

16. [C17: back formation from C15 Adulation, from Latin adūlāri to flatter]

17. Adulate Meaning: "flatter slavishly," 1777, back-formation from adulation

18. Acculturate (v.) 1925 (implied in Acculturated), back-formation from acculturation (q.v.)

19. Spanish Translation of “back formation” The official Collins English-Spanish Dictionary online

20. Bachelry Bacillar Bacillariae Bacillary bacilli Bacilliform Bacillus bacitracin Back Back and forth Back blocks Back charge Back charges Back door Back eccentric Back filling Back pressure Back rest Back slang Back stairs Back step Back stream back up Back-acting steam engine back-and-forth back-formation back-to-back backache Backarack Backare

21. (C14: back formation from Amiddes amid) English Collins Dictionary - English Definition & Thesaurus

22. He was later sent back to the youth team to finish his formation.

23. Back formation is an abnormal type of word formation where a shorter word is derived by removing an affix form a longer word

24. As an adj., attested from 1884, apparently a back formation from NON Committal (Cf

25. Definition and synonyms of Back formation from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education