Where does “metaxenie” come from?
metaxenie (Romanian) comes from English metaxenia, from English Xenia, from Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία, from Ancient Greek ξένος, from Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
metaxenie (Romanian): metaxenia
Definitions
- metaxenia
Ancestry of “metaxenie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metaxenia | ectogeny |
| 2 | English | Xenia | of mainly historical use in English |
| 3 | Latin | xenia | nominative plural of xenium; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ξενία | hospitality, hospitable reception, entertainment;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ξένος | foreign; strange, unusual; of parties giving or... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαύνω | drive, set in motion; ride a horse, drive a... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |