Etymograph

English

xerasia

Xerasia comes from Ancient Greek ξηρασία, from ξηρός ‘dry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kseros.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kseros1‘dry’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEξηρός2‘dry’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEξηρασία2xērasía
  4. Englishtodayxerasia2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ξηρός
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English xerasia

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kserosWiktionary, Ancient Greek ξηρός‘dry’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEξηρόςWiktionary, English xerasia‘dry’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEξηρασίαWiktionary, English xerasiaxērasía
  4. EnglishtodayxerasiaWiktionary, English xerasia

Linked words

through Ancient Greek ξηρός ‘dry’

elixir, 1 more

Today it means

noun Dryness and brittleness of the hair.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “xerasia”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek ξηρός. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kseros / xerasia

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