back-formv.

Brit.

/ˈbakfɔːm/, U.S.

/ˈbækˌfɔrm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: back- comb. form, form v.¹

Etymology: < back- comb. form + form v.¹, after back-formation n.

Linguistics.

transitive. To form (a new word) from a component element of an existing word, typically by removing an ending or suffix; to create by a process of back-formation (back-formation n.). Often in passive, and frequently with from.Examples of back-formed words include the verbs emote (from emotion) and enthuse (from enthusiasm).

ΚΠ

1911 V. Bladin Stud. Denominative Verbs in Eng. i. x. 52 To coin an example from this very word [sc. backformation], we might use the phrase, ‘such and such a word is back-formed from etc.’

1920 Harper's Mag. June 84/2 To burgle, a verb back-formed from the noun burglar.

1986 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Oct. 10/3 Misinformation was probably formed from the verb misinform, but the noun disinformation took the coinage the other way, back-forming the verb.

2014 R. M. W. Dixon Making New Words i. 6 The verb edit was back-formed from editor.

Derivatives

ˈback-formed adj. formed by a process of back-formation.

ΚΠ

1911 V. Bladin Stud. Denominative Verbs in Eng. i. x. 51 (heading) ‘Back-formed’ denominatives.

1978 Verbatim May 1/2 The corruptly back-formed verb swashbuckle suggests that Errol Flynn buckled a swash.

2013 E. Mattiello Extra-grammatical Morphol. in Eng. vii. 244 Some back-formed words are now lexicalised. This is the case of the verb baby-sit.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	back-form
释义	back-formv. Brit. /ˈbakfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈbækˌfɔrm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: back- comb. form, form v.¹ Etymology: < back- comb. form + form v.¹, after back-formation n. Linguistics. transitive. To form (a new word) from a component element of an existing word, typically by removing an ending or suffix; to create by a process of back-formation (back-formation n.). Often in passive, and frequently with from.Examples of back-formed words include the verbs emote (from emotion) and enthuse (from enthusiasm). ΚΠ 1911 V. Bladin Stud. Denominative Verbs in Eng. i. x. 52 To coin an example from this very word [sc. backformation], we might use the phrase, ‘such and such a word is back-formed from etc.’ 1920 Harper's Mag. June 84/2 To burgle, a verb back-formed from the noun burglar. 1986 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Oct. 10/3 Misinformation was probably formed from the verb misinform, but the noun disinformation took the coinage the other way, back-forming the verb. 2014 R. M. W. Dixon Making New Words i. 6 The verb edit was back-formed from editor. Derivatives ˈback-formed adj. formed by a process of back-formation. ΚΠ 1911 V. Bladin Stud. Denominative Verbs in Eng. i. x. 51 (heading) ‘Back-formed’ denominatives. 1978 Verbatim May 1/2 The corruptly back-formed verb swashbuckle suggests that Errol Flynn buckled a swash. 2013 E. Mattiello Extra-grammatical Morphol. in Eng. vii. 244 Some back-formed words are now lexicalised. This is the case of the verb baby-sit. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1911
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