Etymology

compound

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Today it means: An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined. Full definition →

Malay kampong
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compound · noun1

  1. Malay · derived fromkampong
  2. English todaycompound

Possibly from Malay kampong, kampung (“group of buildings, village”), via Dutch or Portuguese, altered under the influence of Etymology 2. Doublet of kampung.

compound · adjective, noun, verb2

  1. Latin · derived fromcom-“together”
  2. Latin · derived fromcomponō
  3. Middle French · derived fromcomponre
  4. Middle English · derived fromcompounen
  5. English todaycompound

From Middle English compounen, from Middle French componre, compondre (“to put together”), from Latin componō, from Latin com- (“together”) + ponō (“to put”).

Words from the same roots

Latincom- all →

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