back-formation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌbæk.fɔːˈmeɪ̯.ʃən/|/ˌbak.fɔːˈmeɪ̯.ʃən/    美 /ˌbæk.foɹˈmeɪ̯.ʃən/|/ˌbæk.foːˈmæɪ̯.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. uncountable
  2. A word created in this way. countable
    — Back-formations, such as tambour (for “play the tambourine”), are a staple of comedic wordplay.

词形变化

back-formations plural backformation alternative back formation alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
back-form back-formed
相关词
disfixation

词源

From back- + formation. Coined by British lexicographer and philologist, primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary James Murray in 1888.
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