- xeno-
[xeno- 词源字典]
- before vowels, xen-, word-forming element meaning "strange, foreign; stranger, foreigner," from Greek xeno-, comb. form of xenos "a guest, stranger, foreigner, refugee, guest-friend, one entitled to hospitality," cognate with Latin hostis (see guest (n.)). "The term was politely used of any one whose name was unknown" [Liddell & Scott].[xeno- etymology, xeno- origin, 英语词源]