back-formation
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Etymology
Coined by Scottish lexicographer i philologist James Murray in 1889; from back- + formation.
Noun
back-formation (countable and uncountable, plural back-formations)
- (uncountable, linguistics) Proces kojim se nova reč formira od starije reči tumačenjem prve kao derivata druge, često uklanjanjem morfeme 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.
- (countable) A word created in this way.
- Sinonim: back-form
- Back-formations, such as "tambour" (for "play the tambourine"), are a staple of comedic wordplay.
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linguistic process
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word formed by this linguistic process
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