Aback-formation fromzero derivation, as ifzero +derive.
zeroderive (third-person singular simple presentzero derives,present participlezero deriving,simple past and past participlezero derived)
- (linguistics) Toderive a word from another word (of a differingpart of speech) withoutmodification; to performzero derivation.
1986, Terence Odlin, “Markedness and the zero-derived denominal verb in English: synchronic, diachronic, and acquisition correlates”, in Fred Eckman, Edith A. Moravcsik, Jessica Wirth, editors,Markedness[1],→ISBN, page160:Table 2. Thirty adjective lexemes whichzero-derive into verbs.
2013 August 29, John Peterson, “Parts of speech in Kharia: a formal account”, in Jan Rijkhoff, Eva van Lier, editors,Flexible Word Classes: Typological studies of underspecified parts of speech[2],→ISBN, page144:[…]assuming the presence of lexical classes in Kharia would force us to productivelyzero-derive verbs not from nouns but rather from entire NPs, i.e. not in the lexicon but in the syntax.
2014 February 3, Keith Allan,Linguistic Meaning (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)[3],→ISBN, Lexicon semantics, page220:Some adjectiveszero 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).
