English

heterocellular

From hetero- + cellular.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to cover’

Latin cella ‘a small room, a hut, storeroom’

New Latin cellula ‘cell’

New Latin cellulāris

Today it means

adj Composed of different types of cells.

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

Etymograph / heterocellular