ETYMOLOGY - THE STUDY OF THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF A WORD, COINAGE - THE INVENTION OF TOTALLY NEW TERMS, EPONYMS - NEW WORDS BASED ON THE NAME OF A PERSON OR A PLACE, BORROWING - THE TAKING OVER OF WORDS FROM ANOTHER LANGUAGES, COMPOUNDING - A JOINING OF TWO SEPARATE WORDS TO PRODUCE A SINGLE FORM, BLENDING - THE COMBINATION OF TWO SEPARATE FORMS TO PRODUCE A SINGLE NEW TERM, CLIPPING - REDUCTION, BACKFORMATION - TYPE OF REDUCTION ( ADDING A PREFIX OR A SUFFIX), CONVERSION - ALSO CALLED CATEGORY CHANGE OR FUNTIONAL SHIFT, ACRONYMS - NEW WORDS FORMED FROM THE INITIALS LETTERS OR A SET OF OTHER WORDS,

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