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back-form

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A back-formation from back-formation. By surface analysis, back- + form.

noun back-forms · backform

  1. A back-formation; a word formed by removing a perceived morpheme from an older word.

verb back-forms · back-forming · back-formed · backform

  1. transitive To form a word by a back-formation process.

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"back-form." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/back-form. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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back-form. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/back-form

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"back-form." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/back-form.

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@misc{back_form_2026,
  title = {back-form},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/back-form},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}