Meaning of compound word | Babel Free

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A word composed of two or more stems.

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“A Compound Word, is that which is Compounded of two or more Words; as a Book-Seller, Compounded of Book and Seller; a Watch-man, of Watch and Man.”

“A word is a compound word when it is made up of two or more parts, each of which is a significant word by itself; as, apple-tree, tea-spoon, spend-thrift.”

“Thus it is found in English compound words, e.g. “elbow,” “rainbow,” “bow-net,” “bow-window,” “bow-knot,” “saddle-bow,” and by itself as the designation of a great variety of objects.”

“Compound words contrast with words built up by the use of affixes. Thus, for example, re-use, substandard, hyperventilate, prehistoric and pro-communist woud not usually be counted as compound words ...”

“Some important vocabulary words your child needs to study are compound words. A compound word is made when two words are joined together to form a new word. For example, the word rainbow is made using the words rain and bow.”

“As stated above, compound words are formed by joining two words into one word. Some compound words retain elements of the meanings of the two words. Examples include sunlight, flagpole, flying fish, and bridge-builder.”

“1784, Noah Webster, A Grammatical Institute of the English languagehttps://books.google.cz/books?id=S09gAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA8&dq=%22compound+word%22https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N14876.0001.001/1:4?rgn=div1;submit=Go;subview=detail;type=simple;view=fulltext;q1=compound+word A compound word is formed of two or more simple words; as, country-man, gold-smith, ink-horn; or of a simple word and a preposition; as, over-come, with-draw, dis-engage.”

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