Etymograph

English

heterochthonic

Heterochthonic comes from Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, different’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one", from which also comes Ancient Greek <i…’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sem-‘one", from which also comes Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">εἷς</i>…’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḿ̥terosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hə́terosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἕτεροςhéteros‘other, different’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2024heterochthonic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sem-‘one", from which also comes Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">εἷς</i>…’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḿ̥terosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hə́terosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἕτεροςhéteros‘other, different’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2024heterochthonic

Earliest quotation: 2024, Michael Doran, EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW: “I argue that Indian law exceptionalism generally follows from…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one", from which also comes Ancient Greek <i…’

some, same, single, similar, seem, simple, simply, soft, sam, simulation, sincerely, singular, resemble, assemble, resemblance, simultaneous, anomaly, simulate, sincerity, semblance, assimilate, anomalous, synapse, homology, insincere, homeopathic, hyphen, simile, simulacrum, sempre, homolog, synchronise, 45 more

Today it means

adj Not indigenous; foreign.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sem- / heterochthonic

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