crossbreed
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crossbreed
- /ˈkɹɑːsˌbɹiːd/
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?
Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis
Latin cruxbor.
Old Irish crosbor.
Old Norse krossbor.
Old English cros
Middle English cross
Middle English cros-
English cross-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰroh₁tús
Proto-Germanic *brōduz
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną
Proto-West Germanic *brōdijan
Old English brēdan
Middle English breden
English breed
English crossbreed
From cross- + breed.
verb crossbreeds · crossbreeding · crossbred · cross-breed · xbreed
- To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize. Recalling the crossbreeding of the lakeside daisy, he insists, "If we hadn't polluted that population with Ohio plants it might have vanished.
- To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
- To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
noun crossbreeds · cross-breed · xbreed
- An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds. When I ask about these dogs, they are described to me as the local mutts, mongrels, pavement specials, crossbreeds.
