X-ray
< a
translation of german
X-strahlen
< X
(= unknown quantity in maths) + Strahlen,
plural of Strahl
(= beam,
ray).
xanthic
<
french
xanthique
(=
yellowish) <
ancient greek
ξανθός | xanthos
(= yellow).
xebec
<
french
chébec
(= small
three-masted vessel) <
italian
sciabecco
< arabic
shabbak
(= a small warship).
xenophobia
< ancient greek
ξένος | xenos
(= foreign, strange) + french -phobia
(<
latin -phobia
< ancient
greek -φοβία |
-phobhia
(= fear of) < φόβος
| phobhos
(= fear) < φέβομαι
| phebhomae
(= go away fearing)).
xerasia
< late
latin xerasia
<
ancient greek
ξηρασία | xērasia
(= dryness) <
ξηραίνω | xēraenō
(= to dry) <
ξηρός | xēros
(= dry, withered).
xerography
<
ancient greek
ξηρός | xēros
(= dry) + -γραφία
| -ghraphia
(= a writing) (< γράφω
| ghraphō
(= write, draw)).
xiphias
< ancient greek
ξιφίας | xiphias
(= swordfish) <
ξίφος | xiphos
(= sword).
Xmas
(= Christmas)
[1551] < X’temmas
< anglo-saxon
Xres mæsse (= Christmas) {X < ancient greek
X
(= khi [pronunciation]), as an abbreviation for Χριστός
| Khristos
(= Christ)} < ancient greek
[Ιησούς] Χριστός
| [Iēsous]
Khristos
(= the Anointed) < χρίω
| khriō
(= to rub, anoint) < I.E.
*ghrei-
(= to rub).
xylophone
< ancient greek
ξύλον | xylon
(= wood) + φωνή | phōnē
(= sound).
xyster
<
ancient greek
ξυστήρ | xystēr
(= a graving tool) <
ξύω | xyō
(= to scrape).
