The story
- Latin · derived fromradix“root”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἕτερος“different”
- English todayheteroradical
From hetero- + radical; ultimately from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “different”) and Latin radix (“root”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἕτερος all →
hetero-heterochthonicheterochthonousheterodontheterologicalheterophoria
Latinradix all →
raceradixradicicolousradiciflorousradiciformradicivorousradix graminis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.