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dérivation f régressive

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dérivation régressive

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Jocular or facetious coinages as conscious back-formation. en.wikipedia.org

The term methyl was derived in about 1840 by back-formation from methylene, and was then applied to describe methyl alcohol. en.wikipedia.org

It is a controversial word due to its etymology as a back-formation from the old and well-established word inchoate that dates from 1534, meaning in process of formation. en.wikipedia.org

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