1. How words are created
By: Emily Birch

2. Compounds A compound is a word with two full words together.
Examples: handbag, liftoff, downtown

3. Blends Blends are putting word parts together to create blends.
Examples: motel, squiggle, brunch, splotch

4. clipped words Clipped words are created by shortening existing words.
Examples: Condo, auto, lunch, fan, phone, gas, net, taxi cab, and vet.

5. Echoic words Words that represent sounds.
Examples: z z z z z z z, shush, bop, and tick tock

6. Borrowing Examples: pistol, robot, cookie, volcano, plaid
Taking or adopting words from other languages into English words.

7. Acronyms Words that are formed from the first letter in each word.
Examples: NFL, USA,NBA,WNBA,LOL,MLB,NHL

8. Eponyms Words based on or derived from a person’s name.
Examples: God, Lord

9. Review
There are several ways words are added to our language. English is ever growing.