"proportional analogy" meaning in English

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        "formation of a new word based on morphological parallelism of three existing words, rather than direct derivation. Examples:",
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        "(linguistics) formation of a new word based on morphological parallelism of three existing words, rather than direct derivation. Examples:"
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          "word": "analogie à quatre termes"
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