# back-formation

> linguistic process of creating a new word by removing apparent affixes or inflections from a preexisting word

**Wikidata**: [Q989162](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q989162)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-formation)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/back-formation


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013