parasíntesis

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρασύνθεσις (parasúnthesis).

Noun

parasíntesis f (plural parasíntesis)

  1. (linguistics) parasynthesis (the formation of words by a simultaneous combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in tierraplanista, mileurista)
  2. (linguistics) parasynthesis (the formation of words in which the prefixing and the suffixing are involved simultaneously, as in amueblar)

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