Xanthochroi
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