Etymology

-xeny

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Ancient Greek ξενία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromξενία
  2. English today-xeny

From Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía), from ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange; foreigner, stranger, guest”).

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