parasíntesis
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek παρασύνθεσις (parasúnthesis).
Noun
editparasíntesis f (plural parasíntesis)
- (linguistics) parasynthesis (the formation of words by a simultaneous combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in tierraplanista, mileurista)
- (linguistics) parasynthesis (the formation of words in which the prefixing and the suffixing are involved simultaneously, as in amueblar)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “parasíntesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014