| Definition: A word that was coined by combining words from two different languages. |
| Example: The French word sociologie was coined by the philosopher Auguste Comte who combined the Latin socius, associate, with the Greek-derived suffix logie. |
| Etymology: The first OED
citation for the word is from 1601. It derives from the Latin
hybrida, mongrel offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar. |
Oxford English Dictionary: The first citation for the word in its philological sense is from 1879: "Sometimes we find English and Romance elements compounded. These are termed Hybrids."
(Morris Eng. Accid. 39) |