Definitions from Wiktionary (Back formation)
▸ noun: Alternative spelling of back-formation. [(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.]
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▸ noun: Alternative spelling of back-formation. [(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.]
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backformation,
word-formation,
backtranslation,
bacronym,
base form,
anagrammatisation,
posteriorisation,
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