Xanthic
/ˈzæn.θɪk/noun
Relating to a yellow color or having a yellowish tint.
Did you know?Xanthic comes from the Greek root for “yellow,” and that same root survives in scientific words like xanthophyll, the pigment that helps paint autumn leaves.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
ξανθός (xanthós)
“yellow, golden, fair-haired”
Late Greek / Scientific Latin
Latin
xanthicus
“yellowish; relating to yellow”
17th–18th Century
English
xanthic
“yellow; yellowish”
Modern English
English
xanthic
“relating to or tinged with yellow”
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