词根词缀：lipo-, leip-, leips-, lips-
【来源及含义】Greek, elleipsis, elleipo, elleipein; Latin, ellipsis: abandon, to leave [behind]; fail; lack, lacking; be wanting
【同源单词】eclipse, ecliptic, ellipse, ellipsis, ellipsoid, elliptical
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-.