Where does “Xenophon” come from?
Xenophon derives from Ancient Greek Ξενοφῶν, combining Greek ξένος (xenos, foreign) and φωνή (phonē, voice), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
Xenophon (English): Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars
Definitions
- Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars
Ancestry of “Xenophon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Ξενοφῶν | Xenophon |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ξένος | foreign; strange, unusual; of parties giving or... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαύνω | drive, set in motion; ride a horse, drive a... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |