mongrelize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
English mongrel
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English mongrelize

    From mongrel + -ize.

    Verb

    mongrelize (third-person singular simple present mongrelizes, present participle mongrelizing, simple past and past participle mongrelized)

    1. To cross-breed an animal
      To mongrelize a dog
    2. To become mixed - inoffensive when used as an object.
    3. (derogatory, offensive, of a person) To become ethnically mixed.
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