Енглески

Систем

ен+нг=енг


 back-formation on Wikipedia
Примери (back-formation)

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Etymology

Coined by Scottish lexicographer и philologist James Murray in 1889; from back- +‎ formation.

Noun

back-formation (countable and uncountable, plural back-formations)

  1. (uncountable, linguistics) Процес којим се нова реч формира од старије речи тумачењем прве као деривата друге, често уклањањем морфеме morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.
  2. (countable) A word created in this way.
    Синоним: back-form
    Back-formations, such as "tambour" (for "play the tambourine"), are a staple of comedic wordplay.

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