Etymology

interbreed

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Today it means: To breed or reproduce within an isolated community. Full definition →

English breed ← Middle English breden ← Old English brēdan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰroh₁tús
  9. Proto-Germanic*brōduz
  10. Proto-Germanic*brōdijaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*brōdijan
  12. Old Englishbrēdan
  13. Middle Englishbreden
  14. Englishbreed
  15. English todayinterbreed

From inter- + breed.

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