neoclassical compound
English
Etymology
Noun
- A word formed from combining forms originating from classical languages (Ancient Greek or classical Latin), such as biology.
See also
- ISV, international scientific vocabulary (a chief context of formation of such compounds)
- New Latin (a chief context of formation of such compounds)
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