Etymology

heter-

Ancient Greek ἕτερος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἕτερος“other, another, different”
  2. English todayheter-

From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἕτερος all →

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