verb
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Homographs:
compound¹ /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/
— noun / adj
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Meanings
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From Middle English compounen, from Middle French componre, compondre (“to put together”), from Latin componō, from Latin com- (“together”) + ponō (“to put”).