Word Origin Summary

Ξανθός is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• Xanthochroi

  English · derived from

• xanthogaster

  Latin · derived from

• xanthelasma

  English · derived from

• Xanthorhiza

  Translingual · derived from

• xantaifill

  Irish · derived from

• xantaein

  Irish · derived from

• xanth-

  English · derived from

• xaintin

  Irish · derived from

What You Can Explore

• 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root