The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἕτερος“other, different”
- English todayheterochthonous
From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, different”) (corresponding to hetero-) + χθών (khthṓn, “earth, soil”) + -ous.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἕτερος all →
hetero-heterochthonicheterodontheterologicalheterophoriaheteroradical
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