Etymology of the English word xenopus
the English word
xenopusderived from the Latin word
xenopusderived from the Greek word
pous, πούς (podos, foot; a 'foot' (figuratively or literally))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ped-using the Greek prefix
xeno-derived from the Greek word
xenos, ξένος (foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghos-ti-derived from the Greek word
opusUsage
Word found in Modern English
