Word info

back-form

Speech parts

1. back-form - Noun

2. back-form - Verb

Meaning

back-form (plural back-forms)

A back-formation; a word formed by removing a perceived morpheme from an older word.

back-form (third-person singular simple present back-forms, present participle back-forming, simple past and past participle back-formed)

To form a word by a back-formation process.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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