Editing Hybrid word (section)

==Common hybrids==
The most common form of hybrid word in [[English language|English]] combines [[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]] parts. Since many [[prefix]]es and [[suffix]]es in English are of Latin or Greek [[etymology]], it is straightforward to add a prefix or suffix from one language to an English word that comes from a different language, thus creating a hybrid word.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Hybridisms were formerly often considered to be [[Barbarism (linguistics)|barbarisms]].<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', ''s.v.'' 'barbarism', [https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/15389#:~:text=the%20mixing%20of%20foreign%20words%20or%20phrases%20in%20Latin%20or%20Greek definition 1a]</ref><ref name="McArthur">{{cite book|last=McArthur|first=Roshan|editor=R. McArthur & T. McArthur|title=Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language|year=2005|page=61|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-280637-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordcom00mcar}}, ''s.v.'' 'barbarism'</ref>