heteroclite

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱley-
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἑτερόκλιτος
3. Late Latin · borrowed fromheteroclitus
4. English todayheteroclite

From Late Latin heteroclitus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + κλίνω (klínō, “lean, incline”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.

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