loan-blend

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Noun1.loan-blend - a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
hybrid, loanblend
word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
Latin - any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
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(1) We consider English words, derivatives with English word-stems, loan-blends as well as the assimilated borrowings that functioned as the common nouns and proper names to be the words with the established usage.
(2) We consider English words, derivatives with English word-stems, loan-blends as well as the assimilated borrowings that existed only as the personal name in the nomination formula to be the words with the unsettled usage.
(3) We consider English words, derivatives with English word-stems, loan-blends as well as the assimilated borrowings that existed exclusively as common nouns to be the words with the restricted usage.
Middle English names of merchants: etymology and aspects of usage
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