back-form

See also: backform and Backform

English

Alternative forms

• backform

Etymology

A back-formation from back-formation. By surface analysis, back- +‎ form.

Noun

back-form (plural back-forms)

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

Related terms

• backform (construction)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To form a word by a back-formation process.