NEW WORD FORMATION-COMPOUNDING

Compounding- It is the process of word formation by combining two words to form a new word.

1.      lockdown = lock + down

2.     greenhouse = green + house

3.     post-pandemic = post + pandemic

4.    farmland = farm + land

5.     peatlands = peat + land

6.    public-health = public + health

7.     low-carbon = low + carbon

8.    coronavirus = corona + virus

9.    ecosystems = eco + system

10. biodiversity = bio + diversity

11.   atmosphere = atmos + sphere

12.  biosphere = bios + sphere

13.  lithosphere = litho + sphere

14. cryosphere = cryo + sphere

15.  bookcase= Book+case

16. doorknob=Door+knob

17.  fingerprint=Finger+print

18. Sunburn=Sun+burn

19. Textbook=Text+book

20.Wallpaper=Wall+paper

21. Wastebasket=Waste+basket

22. Waterbed=Water+bed

23. Goodlooking=Good+looking

24. Low-paid=Low+paid

25. Fast-food=Fast+food

There are different types of compound words 

1. Noun + noun 
• Examples: master-piece, table-cloth, maid-servant, bread-winner, shoe-maker etc. 
2. Noun + gerund 
• Examples: wool-gathering, snake-charming, bull-baiting, sooth-saying etc. 
3. Noun + adjective 
• Examples: court-martial, knight-errant 
4. Gerund + noun 
• Examples: piping-hot, walking-stick, drawing-room, laughing-stock, skipping-rope etc. 
5. Adverb + noun 
• Examples: out-patient, over-load, fore-sight, under-tone, in-sight etc. 
6. Verb + noun 
• Examples: dare-devil, cut-throat, break-fast, spend-thrift, pass-port etc. 
7. Adjective + noun 
• Examples: short-hand, free-thinker, lay-man, hard-ware, strong-hold etc. 
8. Present participle + noun 
• Examples: humming-bird, flying-fish, loving-kindness etc. 
9. Pronoun + noun 
• Examples: he-goat 
10. Possessive noun + noun (In this case, the apostrophe is usually omitted) 
• Examples: sportsman, craftsman, statesman, hair’s-breadth, stone’s-throw