Etymograph

English

heteroassociation

From hetero- + association.

Formed from hetero- + association

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

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

English hetero-

Latin associō ‘to join’

Latin associātiō

English association

Today it means

noun A complex (association) formed from two or more different compounds

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

Etymograph / heteroassociation