Etymology

xenon

xe·non
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Today it means: The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology. Full definition →

English carbonbf. ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*ksénwos
  2. Ancient Greekξένϝος (xénwos)
  3. Ancient Greekξένος (xénos)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  5. Latincarbōnem
  6. Frenchcarbone
  7. Englishcarbonbf.
  8. English todayxenon

From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + -on, used for all noble gases.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekξένος all →

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