Hybrid

​Have you given any thought to buying a hybrid vehicle? Would it surprise you to learn that the word hybrid originally meant the offspring of a wild boar and a domestic sow? Hybrid is another word for piglet!
 
In its origins, the word hybrid comes from Latin hybrida (mongrel; specifically a mongrel pig). Before this, the origins are unknown. The word first appears in English around 1600 meaning the offspring of plants or animals of different varieties or species. The word was rarely used until the 1850s.
 
The use of hybrid to mean an engine powered by both gasoline and electricity is from 2002.
 
Some suggest that Latin hybrida is related to Greek hybris (insolence and arrogance toward the gods; wanton violence, outrage). By the time hybris arrived in English in 1884 as hubris, the word had come to mean exaggerated pride or self-confidence. Someone who is full of hubris is tempting fate or the gods and is likely headed for trouble.
 
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
Thomas, L. (1979). The medusa and the snail: More notes of a biology watcher. New York: Viking, 57- 64.