造ぞう語ご成せい分ぶん

noun

word-forming element; constituent of a compound word

Linguistic term referring to a morpheme or element used to form compound words, such as prefixes, suffixes, or combining forms.

• 「お」や「さん」は日本にほん語ごの造ぞう語ご成せい分ぶんとしてよく使つかわれる。

  "O" and "san" are often used as word-forming elements in Japanese.

• この造ぞう語ご成せい分ぶんは多おおくの複ふく合ごう語ごに現あらわれる。

  This word-forming element appears in many compound words.