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Back-formation

Back-formation is the process or result of creating a new word via morphology, typically by removing or substituting actual or supposed affixes from a lexical item, in a way that expands the number of lexemes associated with the corresponding root word. James Murray coined the term back-formation in 1889. (Oxford English Dictionary Online preserves its…

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Back-formation

Nodes56
Edges55
Triples30
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
Components1

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Back-formation

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related to River names · 9
Back-formation → Anglo-Saxon, Back-formations, Below, Brittonic, England, Frequently, Place, River Alre, Typically
related to In English · 8
Back-formation → English, French, Greek, In Britain, Latin, Many, North American, The
related to Similar phenomena · 5
Back-formation → Anglo-Norman, For, French, However, The
related to Israeli Hebrew · 4
Back-formation → Academy, For, Hebrew Language, Israeli Hebrew
see also · 2
Back-formation → English, List
is a · 1
Back-formation → process or result of creating a new word via morphology

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verb english latin plural noun words new example form many river back-formations use language may used word examples names affixes

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Back-formationis aprocess or result of creating a new word via morphology0.90text
mantleinstance ofso it may be easy to believe that these are formed from roots0.80text
Back-formationrelated to In EnglishEnglish0.60section
Back-formationrelated to In EnglishLatin0.60section
Back-formationrelated to In EnglishFrench0.60section
Back-formationrelated to In EnglishGreek0.60section
Back-formationrelated to In EnglishMany0.60section
Back-formationrelated to In EnglishThe0.60section
Back-formationrelated to In EnglishIn Britain0.60section
Back-formationrelated to In EnglishNorth American0.60section
Back-formationrelated to Israeli HebrewIsraeli Hebrew0.60section
Back-formationrelated to Israeli HebrewAcademy0.60section

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