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loan⋅blend

[lohn-blend]
–noun
a compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements.

Origin:
1945–50; loan 1 + blend
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loan-blend

noun
a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., 'monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) [syn: loanblend
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