It's a barbarism, a mixing of Greek and Latin roots into the same word. Barbarisms are errors in usage. "'Television' is one of the most recent offspring of li

It's a barbarism, a mixing of Greek and Latin roots into the same word. Barbarisms are errors in usage. "'Television' is one of the most recent offspring of linguistic miscegenation." -- Leslie A. White, The Science of Culture, 1949 http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/barbarismterm.htm http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/barbarismterm.htm