origin of words

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etymology
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studies the origin and development of words
neologism
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new word that enters the language
coinage
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invention of a completely new word (aspirin, nylon, zipper, teflon)
eponyms
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a word built from the name of a person/place (sandwich, jeans, volt)
borrowing
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taking words from another language (auto, weekend, pretzel)
loan translation(calque)
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directly translated words (sky-scraper)
compounding
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putting 2 words together (doorknob, bookcase)
blending
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taking parts of the words and combining them (smoke+fog=smog, breakfast+lunch=brunch)
clipping
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reducing words to a single sylab (gasoline=gas)
hypocorism
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making a softer version of a word by adding -y or -ie (Liz, Lizzy)
backformation
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making a new word by removing the ending of a word (babysitter=babysit)
conversion (functional shift)
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a word changes it's grammatical category without changing it's form
did you butter the toast
acronyms
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words formed from the initial first letters of words (CD, NASA)
derivation
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adding small meaningful elements to words. 1. prefixes, 2. infixes, 3. suffixes
multiple processes
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a word comes from multiple Word formation processes (snow, snowball, snowballing)

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