Neoclassical compounds are compound words composed from combining forms (which act as affixes or stems) derived from classical languages (classical Latin...
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treatment of leukemia. The word toxicology (/ˌtɒksɪˈkɒlədʒi/) is a neoclassical compound from Neo-Latin, first attested c. 1799, from the combining forms...
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which emphasizes correct belief.[citation needed] The word is a neoclassical compound—ὀρθοπραξία (orthopraxia) meaning 'right practice'. While orthodoxies...
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tachycardia. The word tachycardia came to English from Neo-Latin as a neoclassical compound built from the combining forms tachy- + -cardia, which are from...
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onomastic terms like toponym and linguonym are typical classical (or neoclassical) compounds, formed from suffix -onym and classical (Greek and Latin) root...
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'height, summit, or tip', and -nym, 'name'.[unreliable source] This neoclassical compound appears to have originated in German, with attestations for the...
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need to be recognized as merely equal to others. Both terms are neoclassical compounds, coined by Francis Fukuyama. In his book The End of History and...
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Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is a business, economics and investing term representing the mean annualized growth rate for compounding values over...
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Simple machine (redirect from Compound machine)
"building blocks" of which all more complicated machines (sometimes called "compound machines") are composed. For example, wheels, levers, and pulleys are all...
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this newly minted vocabulary, often in the form of classical or neoclassical compounds. Large parts of this new Latin vocabulary have seeped into English...
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