BACK FORMATION


Meaning of BACK FORMATION in English

Ling.

1. the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.

2. a word so formed, as typewrite from typewriter.

[ 1885-90 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .