English

heterolateral

From hetero- + lateral.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

Latin latus ‘the side or flank’

Latin laterālis ‘belonging to the side’

Today it means

adj Synonym of contralateral.

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

Etymograph / heterolateral