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listicle, from list and article [5] machinima, from machine and cinema [46] Pokémon, from pocket and monster [5] textonym, from text and synonym [2] vortal, from vertical and portal [2] Microsoft, from microcomputer and software [47]
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau [a] —is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] English examples include smog , coined by blending smoke and fog , [ 3 ] [ 5 ] and motel , from motor ( motorist ) and hotel .
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
The Volvo Group (Swedish: Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment, Volvo also supplies marine and industrial ...
I much prefer "List of" because, well, it is a list and that is the way to name a list on WP. Looking through some anatomy texts: Principles of Human Anatomy, 7th ed. (ISBN 0-673-99075-3) has a section in the back entitled "Glossary of Combining Forms, Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes." 8th Edition (ISBN 0-673-99355-8) is entitled the same.
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
The following is a List of Volvo passenger cars indexed by year of introduction. Model history. Production Model Class Image 1920s. 1927–1929: ÖV4/PV4:
Neoclassical compounds are compound words composed from combining forms (which act as affixes or stems) derived from classical languages (classical Latin or ancient Greek) roots. Neo-Latin comprises many such words and is a substantial component of the technical and scientific lexicon of English and other languages, via international scientific ...