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WORD FORMATION PROCESSES, Examples, Compounds of adjectives, BACKFORMATION…

- - - - In the creation
        of the word Googleplex, which later became the name of a company (Google),
  - - - Some eponyms are technical terms
        
        Based on the names of those who first discovered or invented things,
        
        Examples
        
        Fahrenheit (from the German, Gabriel Fahrenheit)
        
        Volt (from the Italian,
        Alessandro Volta)
- - - - Examples
        
        Yogurt (Turkish)
        
        Piano (Italian)
        
        Pretzel (German)
        
        sofa (Arabic)
        
        Croissant (French)
  - - - Examples
        
        French gratte-cie, (“scrape-sky")
        
        Dutch wolkenkrabber (“cloud scratcher”)
        
        Wolkenkratzer (“cloud scraper”)
- - - - Bookcase
      - Doorknob
      - Textbook
      - Wallpaper
      - wastebasket
    - - Fast-food
      - Full-time
- - - - Examples
        
        Brunch (breakfast/lunch)
        
        Bit (binary/digit)
        
        Motel (motor/hotel)
        
        Telecast (television/broadcast).
        
        Spanglish (Spanish/English)
- - - - Examples
        
        see-through material
        
        stand-up comedian.
- - - - These small “bits” are generally described as affixes
        
        Examples
        
        un-, mis-, pre-, -ful, -less, -ish, -ism and -ness
        
        Appear in words like
        
        unhappy, misrepresent, prejudge, joyful, careless, boyish,
        terrorism and sadness
- - - - Examples
        
        Mislead
        
        Rewrite
        
        Midnight
  - - - Examples
        
        Fellowship
        
        Heaviness
- - - - Names: Ed, Liz, Mike, Ron, Sam, Sue and Tom
      - Educational environments: exam, gym, lab, math, phys-ed.
      - Words: Bra (brassiere), Cab (cabriolet),Fan (fanatic)
  - - - Examples
        
        Movie (“moving pictures”)
        
        Telly (“television”)
        
        Brekky (“breakfast”)
- - - - radar (“radio
        detecting and ranging”)
      - laser (“light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”)
- - - - Hallebloodylujah!,
      - Absogoddamlutely!
      - Unfuckinbelievable!