Translations for „back-formation“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

back-formation N LING

back-formation

شَكْل جَدِيد لِلْكَلِمَة يُبْنَى عَلَى الشَّكْل الْقَدِيم

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English

Jocular or facetious coinages as conscious back-formation.

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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.

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

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