Etymology

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Today it means: Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains. Full definition →

Latin hybrida
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromhybrida
  2. English todayhybrid

From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, an offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.

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