back-formation

See also: backformation and back formation

English

Alternative forms

backformation, back formation

Etymology

Coined by James Murray; back +‎ formation

Noun

back-formation (plural back-formations)

(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) of an older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as a suffix forming an agent noun) from burglar.
(countable) A word created in this way.
Back-formations, such as "tambour" (for "play the tambourine"), are a staple of comedic wordplay.

Synonyms

(a word created by back-formation): back-form

Derived terms

back-form

Translations

linguistic process

Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: terugvorming (nl)
Finnish: takaperoisjohto
French: dérivation régressive (fr) f, dérivation inverse (fr) f, rétroformation (fr) f
German: Rückbildung (de) f
Greek: αναδρομικός σχηματισμός (el) m (anadromikós schimatismós)
Hebrew: גזירה לאחור‎ (he)
Hungarian: elvonás (hu), szóelvonás
Italian: retroformazione (it)

Japanese: 逆成 (ぎゃくせい, gyakusei)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilbakedannelse m, tilbakedanning c
Polish: derywacja wsteczna f
Portuguese: derivação regressiva (pt) f
Russian: обра́тное словообразова́ние n (obrátnoje slovoobrazovánije)
Spanish: derivación regresiva f
Swedish: omvänd ordbildning

word formed by this linguistic process

Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: takaperoisjohdos
Hungarian: elvonás (hu)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilbakedannelse m, tilbakedanning c
Spanish: derivado regresivo m

See also

Category:Back-formations by language
Category:English back-formations

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