Back-formations come in several flavors. Recently I’ve been posting on two-part back-formed (2-p b-f) verbs; a list of these postings is given below, for your reference. But there are also: simple back-formed verbs (like incent); nouns back-formed from nouns in -s, with the -s interpreted, ahistorically, as the mark of the plural (kudo); other back-formed … Continue reading Postings on 2-p b-f verbs