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Etymology of xenia

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Gr

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

The concept of hospitality to strangers. · The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā)der. New Latin xeniabor. English xenia Borrowed from New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā, “hospitality”).

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A coral of the genus Xenia of photosynthetic soft marine corals with many-branched arms which pulse and push water around the coral.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Xenia.

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