Philoxenos

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Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Φιλόξενος(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsPhiloxenus (latinized form), Filoxenos (modern Greek transcription)

Meaning & History

Derived from the Greek adjective φιλόξενος (philoxenos) meaning "loving strangers, hospitable". It consists of the Greek noun φίλος (philos) meaning "friend, lover" combined with Greek ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest".
Added 11/3/2007 by Lucille
Edited 1/7/2021 by Lucille