The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromξανθός“fair, yellow, golden, blond”
- English todayXanthochroi
Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “fair, yellow, golden, blond”), and either χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”), or ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekξανθός all →
xanthinexanthelasmaxanthophyllite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.