greek + latin

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Mon Oct 23 20:21:01 UTC 2006

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On 10/23/06, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> Or maybe just "GrecoRomanyms"?  But we probably need a term to include
> hybrids of other languages as well . . . .

A possibility for a more general term: "macaronicism". ("Macaronym"?)


--Ben Zimmer

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