Hybrid Word - English Examples

English Examples

• Aquaphobia – from Latin aqua "water" and Greek φοβία (phobia) "fear"; this term is distinguished from the non-hybrid word hydrophobia, which can refer to symptoms of rabies.
• Automobile – a wheeled passenger vehicle, from Greek αὐτός (autos) "self" and Latin mobilis "moveable"
• Biathlon – from the Latin bis and the Greek ἆθλον (athlon) meaning "contest"; the non-hybrid word is diathlon
• Bigamy – from Latin bis meaning "twice" and Greek γάμος (gamos) meaning "wedlock"
• Bigram – from Latin bis meaning "twice" and Greek γράμμα (gramma); the non-hybrid word is digram
• Bioluminescence – from the Greek βίος (bios) "life" and the Latin lumen "light"
• Claustrophobia - from the Latin claustrum meaning “confined space” and Greek φόβος meaning “fear”
• Democide – from the Greek δῆμος (dēmos) "people" and the Latin -cida "killer"
• Divalent – from Greek δύο (duo) meaning "two" and Latin valens meaning "strong"; the non-hybrid word is bivalent
• Dysfunction – from the Greek δυσ- (dys-) meaning "bad" and the Latin functio
• Electrocution – a portmanteau of electricity, from the Greek ἤλεκτρον (ēlektron), "amber", and execution, from the Latin exsequere, "follow out"
• Eusociality – from the Greek εὖ (eu) "good" and the Latin socialitas
• Geostationary – From the Greek γῆ (gē) meaning Earth and the Latin stationarius, from statio, from stare meaning "to stand"
• Hexadecimal – from Greek ἕξ (hex), meaning "six", and Latin decimus meaning "tenth"; the non-hybrid word is sedecimal, from Latin sedecimalis
• Hexavalent – from Greek ἕξ (hex), meaning "six", and Latin valens, meaning "strong"
• Homosexual – from the Greek ὁμός (homos) meaning "same" and the Latin sexus meaning "gender" (This example is remarked on in Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love, with A. E. Housman's character saying "Homosexuality? What barbarity! It's half Greek and half Latin!".)
• Hyperactive – from Greek ὑπέρ (hyper) meaning "over" and Latin activus
• Hypercomplex – from Greek ὑπέρ (hyper) meaning "over" and Latin complexus meaning "an embrace"
• Hypercorrection – from Greek ὑπέρ (hyper) meaning "over" and Latin correctio
• Hyperextension – from Greek ὑπέρ (hyper) meaning "over" and Latin extensio meaning "stretching out"; the non-hybrid word is superextension
• Hypervisor – from the Greek ὑπέρ (hyper) meaning "over" and the Latin visor meaning "seer"; the non-hybrid word is supervisor
• Liposuction – from the Greek λίπος (lipos) meaning "fat" and the Latin suctio meaning "sucking"
• Macroinstruction – from the Greek μακρος (makros) meaning "long" and the Latin instructio
• Mattergy – from the Latin materia ("material") and the Greek energeia ("energy"): a "word for interchangeable matter and energy."
• Mega-annum – from the Greek μέγας (megas), meaning "large", and the Latin annum, "year"
• Metadata – from the Greek μετά (meta) and the Latin data meaning "given" from dare
• Microvitum – from the Greek μικρος (mikros) meaning "small" and the pseudo-Latin vitum
• Minneapolis – from the Dakota minne "water" and the Greek πόλις (pólis) "city"
• Monoculture – from the Greek μόνος (monos) meaning “one, single” and the Latin cultura
• Monolingual – from the Greek μόνος (monos) meaning "only" and the Latin lingua meaning "tongue"; the non-hybrid word is unilingual
• Multigraph – from the Latin multus "many" and the Greek γραφή (graphē); the non-hybrid word would be polygraph, but that is generally used with a different meaning
• Neonate – from the Greek νέος (neos), "new", and the Latin natus, "birth"
• Neuroscience – from the Greek νεῦρον (neuron), meaning "sinew", and the Latin scientia, from sciens, meaning "having knowledge"
• Neurotransmitter – from the Greek νεῦρον (neuron), meaning "sinew", and the Latin trans, meaning "across" and mittere meaning "to send"
• Nonagon – from the Latin nonus meaning "ninth" and the Greek γωνία (gōnia) meaning "angle"; the non-hybrid word is enneagon
• Pandeism – from the Greek παν (pan) meaning "all" and Latin deus meaning "god"; the non-hybrid word is pantheism
• Periglacial – from the Greek περί (peri) and the Latin glaciālis
• Polyamory – from the Greek πολύς (polys) meaning "many" and the Latin amor meaning "love"
• Polydeism – from the Greek πολύς (polys) meaning "many" and the Latin deus meaning "god"; compare with the non-hybrid word polytheism
• Quadraphonic – from the Latin quattuor meaning four and the Greek φωνικός (phōnikos), from φωνή (phōnē) meaning sound; the non-hybrid word is tetraphonic
• Quadriplegia – from the Latin quattuor meaning four and the Greek πληγή, πλήσσειν (plēssein) meaning "to strike"; the non-hybrid word is tetraplegia
• Sociology — from the Latin socius, "comrade", and the Greek λόγος (logos) meaning "word", "reason", "discourse"
• Sociopath – from the Latin socius from sociare meaning "to associate with", and the Greek (-pathes) meaning "sufferer" from πάθος pathos meaning "incident", "suffering", or "experience"
• Taikonaut – From the Chinese word for space "太空" (taikong) and Greek ναύτης (nautēs) meaning sailor
• Television – from the Greek τῆλε (tēle) meaning "far" and the Latin visio meaning "seeing", from videre meaning "to see"
• Tonsillectomy – from the Latin tonsillae "tonsils" and the Greek εκτέμνειν (ektemnein), "to cut out"
• Vexillology – from Latin word vexillum, meaning flag, and the Greek suffix -logy, meaning study