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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: proxeny #125386 03/22/2004 2:21 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Gk xenos 'stranger, guest' is from the zero-grade of the PIE root *ghos-, i.e., *ghs-we-no- (with some augmentation). Same root (*ghos-ti-) we get host (via Latin) and guest (from Germanic) from. http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE167.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ostracise wwh 03/18/2004 7:13 PM Re: ostracise wwh 03/20/2004 8:34 PM Re: ostracise TheFallibleFiend 03/21/2004 5:11 PM Re: proxeny wwh 03/21/2004 7:26 PM Re: proxeny tsuwm 03/22/2004 2:04 PM Re: proxeny jheem 03/22/2004 2:21 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,397 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,218 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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