xenia

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From the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”). Doublet of Oksana.

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā)der. New Latin xeniabor. English xenia Borrowed from New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā, “hospitality”).

From Xenia.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Ksení — female given name
• Albanian: Ksenía — female given name
• Belarusian: Ксе́нія (Ksjénija) — female given name
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ксе́нія (Ksénija) — female given name
• Czech: Xenie — female given name
• Danish: Xenia — female given name
• Danish: Zenia — female given name
• Finnish: Senja — female given name
• German: Xenia — female given name
• Latvian: Ksenija — female given name
• Old Church Slavonic: Ѯеніѧ (Kseniję) — female given name
• Polish: Ksenia — female given name
• Portuguese: Xenia — female given name
• Russian: Ксе́ния (Ksénija) — female given name
• Ukrainian: Ксе́нія (Ksénija) — female given name
• Ukrainian: Окса́на (Oksána) — female given name
• Ido: xenio — ancient concept of hospitality
• Slovak: xénia — ancient concept of hospitality
• Spanish: xenía — ancient concept of hospitality