“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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