xenia

xenia · noun¹

1. Proto-Hellenic*ksénwos
2. Ancient Greekξένϝος (xénwos)
3. Ancient Greekξένος (xénos)
4. Ancient Greekξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā)
5. New Latinxenia
6. English todayxenia

Borrowed from New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā, “hospitality”).

xenia · noun²

From Xenia.

Xenia · proper noun³

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromξενία“hospitable”
2. Latin · derived fromXenia
3. English todayXenia

From the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”). Doublet of Oksana.

Words from the same roots