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English does it too, but we use ancient Greek and Latin to do it.
Hydro gen - water maker
Dis aster - bad star
We do it so often we have a term for it: compound words.
I would explain more but I gotta turn off my desktop computer and do some chores like loading the dishwasher and cleaning up the bathroom before I sit down and watch the baseball game this afternoon before my girlfriend comes over.
Also I have to work overtime at the bookshop because of greedflation
TIL disaster = bad star, very cool!
Helico pter - spiral wing