Etymology · Ancient Greek
ἑταῖρος
4 English words descend from Ancient Greek ἑταῖρος, most common first.
- hetaerismA theoretical early state of human society (as postulated by 19th-century anthropologists) which was characterized by the absence of the institution of marriage in any form, and where women were the common property of their tribe, and the children never knew their fathers.
- hetaerocracyRule by courtesans.
- hetaeroliteA tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal black mineral containing manganese, oxygen, and zinc.
- hetairosA companion of an ancient Greek king, as a member of the aristocracy and later elite cavalry.