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  2. List of portmanteaus - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Blend word - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Volvo - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Talk : Medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

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    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.

  7. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. List of Volvo vehicles - Wikipedia

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    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:

  9. Neoclassical compound - Wikipedia

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    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 ...