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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
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ostracise wwh 03/18/04 07:13 PM Re: ostracise wwh 03/20/04 08:34 PM Re: ostracise TheFallibleFiend 03/21/04 05:11 PM Re: proxeny wwh 03/21/04 07:26 PM Re: proxeny tsuwm 03/22/04 02:04 PM Re: proxeny jheem 03/22/04 02:21 PM
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