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词根词缀:gamo-, gam-, -gamy, -gamous

【来源及含义】Greek: marriage, union; wedding; pertaining to sexual union

【同源单词】adelphogamy, agamete, agamic, agamist, agamodeme, agamogenesis

词根词缀:xeno-, xen-, -xenic, -xenism, -xenist, -xenous, -xeny

【来源及含义】Greek: foreign, foreigner; alien; different; extraneous; strange, stranger; and by extension, guest

【相关描述】The "x" in xeno- is pronounced "z"; "zeno". Greeks are said to have considered any stranger a "guest" and modern Greek includes xenodocheion a "guest house" or "house for guests" or its modern version of "hotel".

The etymological meaning usually denotes some aspect of a relationship involving guests or visitors of some kind.

【相关词根词缀】 Related "foreign, strange" word families: allotrio-; barbar-.

【同源单词】alloxeny, autoxenous, axenic, axenous, axeny, dixenic