szóelvonás

Hungarian

noun
Definitions
  • (linguistics) back-formation the process of creating a new word by removing actual or supposed affixes or, less frequently, by shortening a compound word to one of its elements

Etymology

Affix from Hungarian szó (word) + Hungarian elvonás (taking away, removing).

Origin

Hungarian

elvonás

Gloss

taking away, removing

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