xerox · noun, verb1
- Ancient Greek · derived fromξηρός“dry”
- English todayxerox
Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).
Xerox · noun, verb2
Genericized trademark; see xerox for more.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekξηρός all →
xeri-xero-xeroderma pigmentosum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.