Xanthomelanoi

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Xanthomelanoi
‖ Xanthomelanoi, n. pl. Anthropology. (zænθəʊˈmɛlənɔɪ) [mod.L. (Huxley), transliteration (instead of the regular L. form *xanthomelanī) of an assumed Gr. *ξανθοµέλανοι, f. ξανθός yellow + µέλας, µελαν- black: cf. Melanoi and Xanthochroi. (On the analogy of the other terms, the word should have been ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Xanthochroi
‖ Xanthochroi, n. pl. Anthropology. (zænˈθɒkrəʊaɪ, -ˈθəʊkrɔɪ) [mod.L. (Huxley), app. meant as a transliteration of an assumed Gr. *ξάνθωχροι, f. ξανθός yellow + ὠχρός pale (the regular L. form of which would be *xanthōchrī); by later writers and in Dicts. taken as xanthŏchroī (sing. -chrous), ad. Gr... Oxford English Dictionary
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Melanochroi
‖ Melanochroi, n. pl. Anthropology. (mɛləˈnɒkrəʊaɪ) [mod.L.; formed by Huxley, who seems to have meant it as a transliteration of an assumed Gr. µελάνωχροι, f. µελαν-, µέλας black + ὠχρός pale. (On this view the correct mod.L. form would have been *melanōchrī; the irregularity occurs also in the oth... Oxford English Dictionary
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