Definitions from Wiktionary (back-formation)

▸ noun:  (uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a 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.
▸ noun:  (countable) A word created in this way.
▸ Also see back-formation


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