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Classical compounds and neoclassical compounds are compound words composed from combining forms (which act as affixes or stems) derived from classical Latin or ancient Greek roots. New Latin comprises many such words and is a substantial component of the technical and scientific lexicon of English and other languages, including international scientific vocabulary. For example, ''bio-'' combines with ''-graphy'' to form ''biography'' ("life" + "writing/recording"). A vowel usually facilitates the combination: in ''biography'', the interfix ''-o-'', in ''miniskirt'', the interfix ''-i-''. This vowel is usually regarded as attached to the initial base (''bio-'', ''mini-'') rather than the final base (''-graphy'', ''-skirt''), but in forms where it is conventionally stressed, it is sometimes shown as attached to the final base (''-ography'', ''-ology''). If, however, the final base begins with a vowel (for example, ''-archy'' as in ''monarchy''), the mediating vowel has traditionally been avoided (not *''monoarchy''), but in recent coinages it is often kept, sometimes accompanied by a hyphen (''auto-analysis'', ''bioenergy'', ''hydroelectricity'', not *''autanalysis'', *''bienergy'', *''hydrelectricity''). ==Source of international technical vocabulary== (詳細はNeo-Latin vocabulary. Moreover, since these words are composed from classical languages whose prestige is or was respected throughout the Western European culture, these words typically appear in many different languages. Their widespread use makes technical writing generally accessible to readers who may only have a smattering of the language in which it appears. Not all Western European languages have been equally receptive to classical technical compounds. German, for instance, has historically attempted to create its own technical vocabulary from native elements. Usually, these creations are German calques on the international vocabulary, such as ''Wasserstoff'' for ''hydrogen''. Like any exercise in language prescription, this endeavour has been only partially successful, so while official German may still speak of a ''Fernsprecher'', public telephones will be labelled with the internationally recognized ''Telefon''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Classical compound」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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