📚 noun • entry_id 10876
back-formation
Meanings (ES + gloss)
derivación regresiva • derivado regresivo
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.
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