compound - to be compounded by

English Notes: 

This is compounded by the storms that are becoming increasingly immense, disastrous, more frequent and perverting into natural catastrophes, ...

English Description: 

Etymonline:
late 14c., compounen, "to put together, to mix, to combine; to join, couple together," from Old French compondre, componre "arrange, direct," and directly from Latin componere "to put together," ...