HyperDic: back-formation

English > 1 sense of the word back-formation:
NOUNcommunicationback-formationa word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar / familiar word derives from it
English > back-formation: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar / familiar word derives from it.
BroaderwordA unit of language that native speakers can identify
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