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Where does “xenotransplantation” come from?

xenotransplantation (English) comes from English xeno-, from Ancient Greek ξένος, from Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

xenotransplantation (English): The transplantation of biological or organic...

Definitions

  1. The transplantation of biological or organic...

Ancestry of “xenotransplantation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishxeno-Having to do with foreigners; Relating to...
2Ancient Greekξένοςforeign; strange, unusual; of parties giving or...
3Ancient Greekἐλαύνωdrive, set in motion; ride a horse, drive a...
4Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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