•
Antacid – from Greek () 'against' and Latin
acidus 'acid'; this term dates back to 1732. •
Aquaphobia – from Latin 'water' and Greek () 'fear'; this term is distinguished from the non-hybrid word
hydrophobia, a historical term for
rabies and one of its main symptoms. •
Asexual – from Greek
prefix 'without' and the Latin '
sex' •
Automobile – a wheeled passenger vehicle, from Greek () 'self' and Latin 'moveable' •
Beatnik – a 1950s
counterculture movement centered on jazz music, coffeehouses, marijuana, and
a literary movement, from English 'beat' and Russian 'one who does'. The term was coined in 1958 by San Francisco newspaper columnist
Herb Caen. •
Biathlon – from the Latin 'twice' and the Greek () 'contest'; the non-hybrid word is
diathlon •
Bicycle – from Latin 'twice' and Greek () 'wheel' •
Bigamy – from Latin 'twice' and Greek () 'wedlock'; this term dates back to the 13th century. •
Bigram – from Latin 'twice' and Greek (); the non-hybrid word is
digram •
Bioluminescence – from the Greek () 'life' and the Latin 'light' •
Campanology – from Latin 'bell' and Greek () 'the study of' •
Chiral – from Greek () 'hand' and Latin adjectival suffix . The term was coined in 1894. •
Chloroform – from Greek () 'pale green' (indicating
chlorine here) and Latin 'ant' (indicating
formic acid here). The term first appeared in 1830s. •
Claustrophobia – from the Latin 'confined space' and Greek () 'fear'. This term was coined in 1879. •
Cryptocurrency – from the Greek () 'hidden' and the Latin 'traversing' •
Democide – from the Greek () 'people' and the Latin '-killer' •
Divalent – from Greek () 'two' and Latin 'strong'; the non-hybrid word is
bivalent •
Dysfunction – from the Greek () 'bad' and the Latin •
Eigenvalue– and English of French origin 'value'. •
Electrocution – a
portmanteau of
electricity, from the Greek (), 'amber', and
execution, from the Latin , 'follow out' •
Eusociality – from the Greek () 'good' and the Latin •
Genocide – From the Greek () 'race, people' and the Latin 'to kill' •
Geostationary – From Greek () 'Earth' and the Latin , from , from 'to stand' •
Heteronormative – from Greek () 'different' or 'other' and Latin (via French ) 'norm' •
Heterosexual – from Greek () 'different' or 'other' and Latin '
sex' •
Hexadecimal – from Greek (), 'six', and Latin 'tenth'; the non-hybrid word is
sedecimal, from Latin •
Hexavalent – from Greek (), 'six', and Latin , 'strong' •
Homosexual – from the Greek () 'same' and the Latin '
sex' (This example is remarked on in
Tom Stoppard's
The Invention of Love, with
A. E. Housman's character saying "Homosexuals? Who is responsible for this barbarity?... It's half Greek and half Latin!".) •
Hyperactive – from Greek () 'over' and Latin •
Hypercomplex – from Greek () 'over' and Latin 'an embrace' •
Hypercorrection – from Greek () 'over' and Latin •
Hyperextension – from Greek () 'over' and Latin 'stretching out'; the non-hybrid word is
superextension •
Hypervisor – from the Greek () 'over' and the Latin 'seer'. This word is distinguished from the non-hybrid word
supervisor, which is software that manages multiple user programs; a hypervisor is software that manages multiple
virtual machines •
Liposuction – from the Greek () 'fat' and the Latin 'sucking' •
Macroinstruction – from the Greek () 'long' and the Latin •
Mattergy – from the Latin ('material') and the Greek () 'energy': a "word for interchangeable matter and energy"
Adjectival form: "matergetic". •
Mega-annum – from the Greek () 'large', and the Latin 'year' •
Meritocracy – From the Latin 'deserved' and the Greek () 'government' •
Metadata – from the Greek () and the Latin 'given' from •
Microinstruction – from the Greek () 'small' and the Latin •
Microcomputer – from the Greek () 'small' and the English
computer, from Latin •
Microvitum – from the Greek () 'small' and the pseudo-Latin , from 'life' •
Minneapolis – from the
Dakota 'water' and the Greek () 'city' •
Monoculture – from the Greek () 'one, single' and the Latin •
Monolingual – from the Greek () 'only' and the Latin 'tongue'; the non-hybrid word is
unilingual •
Multiethnic – from the Latin 'many' and the Greek () 'group of people'; the non-hybrid word is
polyethnic •
Multigraph – from the Latin 'many' and the Greek (); the non-hybrid word would be
polygraph, but that is generally used with a different meaning •
Neonate – from the Greek (), 'new', and the Latin 'birth' •
Neuroscience – from the Greek () 'sinew', and the Latin , from 'having knowledge' •
Neurotransmitter – from the Greek () 'sinew', and the Latin 'across' and 'to send' •
Nonagon – from the Latin 'ninth' and the Greek () 'angle'; the non-hybrid word is
enneagon •
Oleomargarine – from the Latin 'beef fat' and the Greek 'pearl-like' •
Pandeism – from the Greek () 'all' and Latin '
god'; compare with the non-hybrid word
pantheism •
Periglacial – from the Greek () and the Latin •
Petroleum – from the Greek () 'rock', and the Latin 'oil' •
Polyamory – from the Greek () 'many' and the Latin '
love' •
Polydeism – from the Greek () 'many' and the Latin '
god'; compare with the non-hybrid word
polytheism •
Postsynaptic – from the Latin and English
synapse, derived from Greek •
Psychosocial – from the Greek and Latin •
Quadraphonic – from the Latin meaning four and the Greek (), from () meaning sound; the non-hybrid word is
tetraphonic •
Quadriplegia – from the Latin 'four' and the Greek () 'stroke', from () 'to strike'; the non-hybrid word is
tetraplegia •
Sociology – from the Latin , 'comrade', and the Greek () 'word', 'reason', 'discourse' •
Sociopath – from the Latin from 'to associate with', and the Greek () 'sufferer' from (), 'incident, suffering, experience' •
Television – from the Greek () 'far' and the Latin 'seeing', from 'to see' •
Tonsillectomy – from the Latin 'tonsils' and the Greek (), 'to cut out' •
Vexillology – from the Latin word , 'flag', and the Greek suffix (), 'study' == Other languages ==