Back-formation | noun | a word formed by subtraction of a real or supposed affix from an already existing longer word
-‘burgle’ from ‘burglar’
- ‘televise’ from ‘television’
- ‘donate’ from ‘donation’
- ‘gruntle’ from ‘disgruntle’
- ‘flappable’ from ‘unflappable’
-‘burgle’ from ‘burglar’
- ‘televise’ from ‘television’
- ‘donate’ from ‘donation’
- ‘gruntle’ from ‘disgruntle’
- ‘flappable’ from ‘unflappable’
Comments
'kidnap' from 'kidnapper' (maybe)
People mistakenly thought the \s\ in 'pease' meant that the word was plural.
'Pease' was like 'butter' a noncount noun at home in a phrase like "some pease" but completely wrong in a phrase like "many pease."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/07/25/how-i-met-my-wife
- PG Wodehouse
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