zero derive
verb/ˌzɪəɹəʊ dəˈɹaɪv/UK/ˌziɹəʊ dəˈɹaɪv/US
Etymology
A back-formation from zero derivation, as if zero + derive.
Definitions
To derive a word from another word (of a differing part of speech) without modification
To derive a word from another word (of a differing part of speech) without modification; to perform zero derivation.
- Table 2. Thirty adjective lexemes which zero-derive into verbs.
- […]assuming the presence of lexical classes in Kharia would force us to productively zero-derive verbs not from nouns but rather from entire NPs, i.e. not in the lexicon but in the syntax.
- Some adjectives zero derive from adverbs, e.g. daily, down, faraway, far out, monthly, up, way out, well off (note that many derive from a pair of adverbs).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for zero derive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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