xeno-

English

prefix
Definitions
  • Having to do with foreigners.
  • Relating to strangers or strangeness.
  • From a foreign place.

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ξένος (foreign, stranger, guest, strange, of a stranger, foreigner, alien).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ξένος

Gloss

foreign, stranger, guest, strange, of a stranger, foreigner, alien

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Property

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