English

heteroarthrocarpic

From hetero- + arthro- + -carpic.

Formed from hetero- + arthro- + -carpic

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-dʰrom

Ancient Greek ἄρθρον ‘a joint’

Today it means

adj Laterally divided into two different segments

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / heteroarthrocarpic