xeno-
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “alien”).
Prefix[edit]
xeno-
- Used to form taxonomic names and epithets indicating strangeness
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “alien”).
Prefix[edit]
xeno-
- Having to do with foreigners.
- Relating to strangers or strangeness.
- From a foreign place.
- (biology, medicine, transplantation) From a donor of another species.
- Of extraterrestrial origin.
- xeno- + archaeology → xenoarchaeology
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
having to do with foreigners
relating to strangers or strangeness
from a foreign place
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Prefix[edit]
xeno-
- xeno- (all senses)
Derived terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Prefix[edit]
xeno-
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
xeno-
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “xeno-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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