English
heterauxesis
Heterauxesis comes from Ancient Greek αὔξησις ‘growth, increase’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- ‘to enlarge’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂weks-‘to enlarge’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαὐξάνωas αὔξω‘to make grow, increase’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαὔξησις‘growth, increase’
- Englishtodayheterauxesis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂weks-‘to enlarge’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαὐξάνωas αὔξω‘to make grow, increase’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαὔξησις‘growth, increase’
- Englishtodayheterauxesis
Formed from hetero- + αὔξησις
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros
Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros
Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’
English hetero-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- ‘to enlarge’
through Ancient Greek αὐξάνω ‘to make grow, increase’
Today it means
noun unequal growth of a cell, or of part of a being, originally plants; allometric growth
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- / heterauxesis