suppletion
/səˈpliːʃən/noun
- Linguistics the occurrence of an unrelated form to fill a gap in a conjugation (e.g. went as the past tense of go)【语言学】异干法。
派生词
suppletive
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin suppletio(n-), from supplere 'fill up, make full' (see SUPPLY1).