The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromξηρός“dry”
- English todayxeri-
From Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekξηρός all →
xeroxxero-xeroderma pigmentosum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
xeri-
Today it means: dry; arid. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ξηρός