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Intiqam88 Posted 10 years ago
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is mushroom a compound word?
  

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intiqam88 I s mushroom a compound word? No. It's not a combination of the words "mush" and "room".

— CalifJim

  • intiqam88 I s mushroom a compound word?
  • No.
  • It's not a combination of the words "mush" and "room".
  • It's merely the result of transformations of spelling and pronunciation over many centuries from the Latin mussirio .
  • Middle English musheron, from Anglo-French musherum, musseron, from Late Latin mussirion-, mussirio CJ
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intiqam88 Is mushroom a compound word?
No. It's not a combination of the words "mush" and "room". It's merely the result of transformations of spelling and pronunciation over many centuries from the Latin mussirio.

Middle English musheron, from Anglo-French musherum, musseron, from Late
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