The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromξένιον
- Latin · borrowed fromxenium
- English todayxenium
Borrowed from Latin xenium, from Ancient Greek ξένιον (xénion), neuter accusative of ξένῐος (xénĭos, “pertaining to a guest”, adjective), ultimately from ξένος (xénos, “guest, stranger”). First attested in the 1700s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.