The story
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
- Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
- Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
- Englishhetero-
- Proto-Hellenic*tʰrépʰō
- Ancient Greekτρέφω (tréphō)
- Ancient Greekτροφή (trophḗ)
- Ancient Greekτροφῐκός (trophĭkós)
- Englishheterotrophic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- English todayheterotrophically
From heterotrophic + -ally.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.