The Roman word for werewolf is lycanthrope
Those letters will spell werewolf.
Yes, the word "werewolf" is a noun, a word for a creature in folklore; a word for a person (a thing?).
There is a Scottish werewolf that is called a "wulver."
the latin word for werewolf is versipellis.
It comes from "wolf" and the archaic word "wer" meaning "man". A werewolf is literally a wolf-man.
werewolves
Lycanthrope is a word better known as werewolf which is from the Greek language. Lycanthropy is the ability for a human to change their appearance into becoming a werewolf. One can find more history on the word lycanthropy by researching the word werewolf at Wikipedia.
You would cal a werewolf Amarak, which is the word for wolf, but from context you would understand it to be someone who's spirit animal is wolf.
werewolf
Werewolves are not part of Gaelic folklore - there is no word for it.
By technical definition, a compound word is a word made of a combination two smaller words. 'Were' is a word and 'wolf' is a word so putting the two smaller words together in 'werewolf' does, by definition, make it a compound word.
Gulf is the only word I can think of.