back-formation

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  • 逆构词逆构法
backformation
  • break v.打碎;折断;违背;解决;中断;透露;变弱;锐减;结束n.破裂;休息;中断;急冲;好运
  • formation n.形成;队形;编队;构造;[地]地层
Noun:
  1. a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it