Template:back-formation

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This template makes it easy to show that a term is back-formed from another term in the same language.

This template should be used in the etymology section of a word page.

Usage

All you need is the language code the etymology belongs to and the etymon term.

{{back-formation|rad|fývyvs|t=glucose}}

Generates the following:

Back-formation from fývyvs (“glucose”)

And would automatically add the category Category:Radestrian back-formations

Parameters

|1= (required)

The language code the etymology belongs to.

|2= (required)

The back-formed term.

|alt=

Optionally specifies an alternative text to show on the term's link.

|t=

Optionally specifies a gloss to show with the term.

|pos=

Optionally specifies a part of speech to show with the gloss of the term.

|nocap=

If provided with a true value, e.g. |nocap=1, then the text will not start with a capital letter. This is useful when this template is used within a sentence in the etymology section of a page.

|notext=

If provided with a true value, e.g. |notext=1, then it will not display any text before the term at all.

|nocat=

If provided with a true value, e.g. |nocat=1, then no categories will be added to the page.