Word Formation

The study of the origin and history of a word is known as its 

• neologism 
• etymology
• analogy 
• calque

____________ are new words formed from the initial letters of a set of other words. 

• acronyms 
• hypocorisms
• backformation
• blending 

What process was involved in the creation of the term flu, fan and ad? 

• compounding
• clipping 
• neologisms
• borrowing

A word of one type (usually a noun) is reduced to form a word of another type(usually a verb) is called...

• prefixes and suffixes 
• blending 
• infixes
• backformation

A change in the function of a word, as for example when a noun comes to be used as a verb(without any reduction), is generally called as...

• conversion
• coinage 
• derivation
• multiple processes