Where does “xenoglossy” come from?
xenoglossy (English) comes from French xénoglossie, from French xéno-, from Ancient Greek ξένος, from Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
xenoglossy (English): Knowledge of a language one has never learned;...
Definitions
- Knowledge of a language one has never learned;...
Ancestry of “xenoglossy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | xénoglossie | xenoglossia, xenoglossy |
| 2 | French | xéno- | xeno- |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ξένος | foreign; strange, unusual; of parties giving or... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαύνω | drive, set in motion; ride a horse, drive a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |