Etymograph

English

heterocephalous

From hetero- + -cephalous.

Formed from hetero- + -cephalous

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

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

English hetero-

Today it means

adj Bearing two kinds of head or capitula; said of certain composite plants.

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

Etymograph / heterocephalous