English
heterogamous
From hetero- + -gamous.
A compound of hetero- + -gamous
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 in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heterogamous