neoclassical compound

English

Etymology

• neo-classical compound

Noun

neoclassical compound

1. A word formed from combining word forms originating from classical languages Ancient Greek or Latin, such as biology.

Further reading

• How is the meaning of complex lexemes constructed? A study of neoclassical compounds in -cratie / -crate and -logie / -logue by Marine Lasserre & Fabio Montermini
• Neoclassical compounds and final combining forms in English by Ana Díaz-Negrillo, 2014
• Compounds in English and Russian: A comparative analysis by Maria Perkles
• Defining medical words: transposing morphosemantic analysis from French to English by Louise Deléger 1 , Fiammetta Namer, Pierre Zweigenbaum, 2007