"back-form" meaning in All languages combined

See back-form on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: back-forms [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from back-formation. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|back-formation}} Back-formation from back-formation Head templates: {{en-noun}} back-form (plural back-forms)
  1. A back-formation; a word formed by removing a perceived morpheme from an older word.
    Sense id: en-back-form-en-noun-k4U0nlcH Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English back-formations: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: backform

Verb [English]

Forms: back-forms [present, singular, third-person], back-forming [participle, present], back-formed [participle, past], back-formed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from back-formation. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|back-formation}} Back-formation from back-formation Head templates: {{en-verb}} back-form (third-person singular simple present back-forms, present participle back-forming, simple past and past participle back-formed)
  1. To form a word by a back-formation process.
    Sense id: en-back-form-en-verb-WvmA0LpR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: backform

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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