English Explanatory Dictionary

xeno-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Having to do with foreigners.
  2. Relating to strangers or strangeness.
  3. From a foreign place.
  4. From a donor of another species.
  5. Of extraterrestrial origin.

Word forms

xeno- xen-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- Derived from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).

Synonyms

hetero-

Related words

xenelasy Xenia xenon
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