Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-47881-20121005161446/@comment-34954086-20121018090725

Rassilon of Old wrote: Regulus22 wrote: soooo...like grown-up unwords? english probably has more, scienc really backforms word for most of it's concepts. Not necessarily "grown-up unwords", just new ones. For example, the word "dependence".

If DEpendence was to not rely on others, wouldn't pendent be to rely on others? I know that's independent, but still. The English language is a pain.

Ohky. (Depend is root from latin according to online etymology dictionairy btw). I figured more complex backformation. Only example I got is Bolic from Hyper/Parabolic...That's just a straight line though I suppose :S