| amalgam |
| Definition -
A word coined from roots that derive from multiple languages.
Notes: 1. As opposed to a hybrid, which is a word coined by either combining words or roots from different languages. This means that the set of all amalgams is a subset of the set of all hybrids. 2. The process of creating amalgams is called amalgamation. |
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Example - The word television is an amalgam of the Greek root tele, far off, and the Latin visionem, act of seeing. |