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xeno-
before vowels, xen-, word-forming element meaning "strange, foreign; stranger, foreigner," from Greek xenos "a guest, stranger, foreigner, refugee, guest-friend, one entitled to hospitality," cognate with Latin hostis, from PIE root *ghos-ti- "stranger, guest, host." "The term was politely used of any one whose name was unknown" [Liddell & Scott].
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xenelasia
Xenia
xenial
xeno-
xenogamy
xenolith
xenon
xenophile
xenophilic
xenophobe
xenophobia