| NOUN | communication | back-formation | a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar / familiar word derives from it |
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| Meaning | A word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar / familiar word derives from it. | |
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| Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
| Catalan | derivació regressiva | |
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