Etymology

crossbreed

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Today it means: To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize. Full definition →

English breed ← Middle English breden ← Old English brēdan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*kruks /*krukis
  3. Latincrux
  4. Old Irishcros
  5. Old Norsekross
  6. Old Englishcros
  7. Middle Englishcross
  8. Middle Englishcros-
  9. Englishcross-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰroh₁tús
  12. Proto-Germanic*brōduz
  13. Proto-Germanic*brōdijaną
  14. Proto-West Germanic*brōdijan
  15. Old Englishbrēdan
  16. Middle Englishbreden
  17. Englishbreed
  18. English todaycrossbreed

From cross- + breed.

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