Etymology

heterostructure

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Today it means: Any structure made from a heterojunction. Full definition →

English structure ← Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros) ← Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Englishstructure
  7. English todayheterostructure

From hetero- + structure.

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