Category:English back-formations
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English terms formed by reversing a supposed regular formation, removing part of an older term.
For more information, see Appendix:English back-formations.
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Pages in category "English back-formations"
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- abbreviate
- abdominize
- abduct
- abeyant
- ablate
- abled
- ablute
- abnegate
- abominate
- Aborigine
- aborigine
- absciss
- accelerate
- accouche
- accrete
- acculturate
- acetify
- achyranthe
- adaptate
- ade
- adhese
- adiabat
- -adic
- administrate
- admirate
- admix
- advect
- advertent
- aero
- aerodyne
- -ageddon
- agrochemist
- airponic
- -al
- allegate
- alliterate
- all-kill
- allotrope
- alm
- ambivalent
- ambulance-chase
- analyze
- anaphor
- antidifferentiate
- antipode
- Appalachia
- appetise
- appetize
- applecart
- apside
- Arab
- archy
- arcweld
- -arian
- arm
- arm-twist
- Artesia
- -ary
- asset
- assistant-manage
- astrochemist
- -athon
- attrit
- aufwuch
- auscultate
- Austronesia
- automate
- aviate
- awestrike
- axe-murder
B
- babysit
- babywear
- back-form
- backscatter
- backward compatible
- baggy
- bartend
- basical
- beachcomb
- beatable
- beeve
- beforemath
- bego
- beknownst
- belt-tighten
- benefact
- berserk
- bestain
- beta tester
- beyond one's years
- bibliograph
- bicep
- biochemist
- biodiverse
- biomark
- bion
- bioremediate
- birdwatch
- bitcrush
- Black Eyed Pea
- black land
- blockbust
- bluejacker
- bodybuild
- borylate
- bosk
- botany
- breathalyse
- breathalyze
- brindle
- brinkman
- Brit
- Brito-
- brockle
- broke
- brushtail
- brux
- buckram
- bud
- bum
- -burger
- burgle
- bush
- butch
- butching
- buttle
C
- caffeinated
- calced
- calcidiol
- calcificate
- calcinate
- calciol
- calligraph
- Canadia
- carcinize
- cardiovert
- cardist
- caregive
- caretake
- carpent
- -cast
- cat-burgle
- cathect
- -centrism
- cerebrate
- chalance
- chalant
- chamfer
- char
- charade
- chark
- cheerlead
- chemo-
- cheug
- chiropract
- chlamydeous
- choke
- chromatography
- chub
- circumlocute
- cladistic
- clast
- claymate
- cliffhang
- -cline
- clusivity
- coalite
- cockblock
- cocksuck
- cognite
- cognize
- colegislate
- collaborate
- colport
- combobulate
- commentate
- commote
- commutate
- commutator
- comparative linguist
- compensatorily lengthen
- complicit
- con-
- concertative
- consense
- conservate
- consolate
- contact trace
- contracept
- contrafreeload
- convect
- conversate
- coopete
- copywrite
- cose
- cour
- course-correct