Term: back-formation: a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
Broader: word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify | Unrelated: genus fusarium: a form genus of mostly plant parasites some of which cause dry rot; in humans a species can cause inflammation of cornea leading to blindness
Broader: word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify | Unrelated: betrothed: the person to whom you are engaged
Broader: word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify | Unrelated: memo: a written proposal or reminder
Broader: word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify | Unrelated: sea trout: any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters
Broader: word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify | Unrelated: cacodemon: an evil spirit
Broader: word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify | Unrelated: dairy product: milk and butter and cheese
Broader: word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify | Unrelated: corpuscular theory: (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles
Broader: word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify | Unrelated: slanginess: casualness in use of language
Broader: word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify | Unrelated: leper: a person afflicted with leprosy
Broader: word: a unit of language that native speakers can identify | Unrelated: breach: a failure to perform some promised act or obligation