- In etymology, back-formation is the
process or
result of
creating a new word via inflection,
typically by
removing or
substituting actual or
supposed affixes...
- of Cyprus)
Phanar →
Phanariotes Used
especially for Gr**** locations.
Backformation from Cypriot,
itself based in Gr**** -ώτης. -k
Greece → Gr****s Slovakia...
- male
variations of the word
began to surface, like
mimbo and himbo, a
backformation of bimbo,
which refers to an unintelligent, but attractive, man. In...
- Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. 16 June 2023. "Language Log: Fomite:
panacea or
backformation?". itre.cis.upenn.edu. Cook,
Nigel (2013), "10.1 Introduction; the role...
-
banging of
bronze pots. The
lemures inspired Linnaeus's
Modern Latin backformation lemur (denoting a type of primates).
According to Linnaeus' own explanation...
- Avebury,
Durrington Walls and
Mount Pleasant Henge)". The word
henge is a
backformation from Stonehenge, the
famous monument in Wiltshire.
Stonehenge is not...
-
while the "D"
refers to the fact that the
galaxies appear diffuse. A
backformation of "cD" is
frequently used to
indicate "central
Dominant galaxy". cDs...
- it
became subordinate to City of Balkanabat.
Hazar (also Khazar, a
backformation of Russian: Хазар) was the name of a
Turkic people, the
Khazars (viz...
-
donate from
donation drear from
dreary drowse from
drowsy (possibly a
backformation) dry-clean from dry
cleaning eave from
eaves eavesdrop from eavesdropper...
- 568;
Plutarch Caius Gracchus II;
Solinus XXVIII 11;
Macrobius III 9. A
backformation hinting to the ****ociation of the
three deities in a
temple site before...
