Where does “xenolit” come from?
xenolit (Romanian) comes from French xénolithe, 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.
xenolit (Romanian): xenolith
Definitions
- xenolith
Ancestry of “xenolit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | xénolithe | xenolith |
| 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 |