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1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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It is compound.

73. _Is the word outrun compound or derivative?_
It is derivative.

74. _What is Derivation?_
That branch of etymology which treats of the sources of the words
of a language.

75. _How many kinds of Derivation?_
Two.

76. _What are they?_
Paronymous and Historical.

77. _What is Paronymous derivation?_
That part of etymology which treats of present sources of English
words.

78. _Give examples of Paronymous derivation._
Kingdom, from king; Manly, from man, etc.

79. _What is Historical derivation?_
That part of etymology which treats of the foreign sources of the
English language.

80. _Give examples of Historical derivation._
Book, from boc; Moon, from mona, etc.

81. _When use a, and when an, in a sentence?_
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