The story
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
- Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
- Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
- Englishhetero-
- Englishbimetallic
- English todayheterobimetallic
From hetero- + bimetallic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
heterobimetallic
Today it means: Describing any metal complex having two different metal atoms. Full definition →
English bimetallic ← Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros) ← Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros