English
frankenword
From franken- + word.
Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to say’
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Proto-Germanic *wurdą
Proto-West Germanic *word
Old English word
Middle English word ‘a word’
English word
Today it means
noun A word formed by combining two (or more) other words.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / frankenword