Xanthochroi
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See also: xanthochroi
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “fair, yellow, golden, blond”), and either χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”), or ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale”).
Noun
[edit]Xanthochroi pl (plural only)
- (dated, anthropology) A division of the human population having fair skin and wavy blond hair.
- 1865, Thomas H. Huxley, On the Methods and Results of Ethnology:
- The furthermost limit of the Xanthochroi north-westward is Iceland and the British Isles
See also
[edit]- Nordic race on Wikipedia.Wikipedia