词根词缀:litho-, lith-, -lith, -lithic, -lite, -liths, -lites

【来源及含义】Greek: stone, rock; hard consolidated mineral matter; hard matter formed from mineral and earth material; hard substance that is solid

【相关词根词缀】 Related "stone, rock" word families: lapid-; petro-; saxi-; stele-.

【同源单词】abyssolith, acaustobiolith, acrolith, aerolite, allotriolith, amygdalolith

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