Compound
Words Made of a Root & More Than One Prefix or Suffix
Some compound
words are made of a root (stem) and more than one prefix or suffix.
A compound
adjective is an adjective made of two or more morphemes. A compound noun is a noun made of two or
more morphemes. Examples:
1 NOUN childishness = ADJECTIVE childish + NOUN SUFFIX -ness
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| childishness (morphological tree diagram) |
childishness -- [COMPOUND-NOUN
[childishness [COMPOUND-ADJECTIVE [childish[NOUN child] [N-SUFFIX -ish]]]
[ADJ-SUFFIX -ness]]].png
2 NOUN ex-employer: PREFIX ex- + VERB employ
+ VERB SUFFIX -er
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| ex-employer (morphological tree diagram) |
3 ADJECTIVE unstoppable: PREFIX un-
+ VERB stop + VERB SUFFIX -able
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| unstoppable (morphological tree diagram) |
