Etymograph

English

heterolingual

From hetero- + lingual.

Formed from hetero- + lingual

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

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

English hetero-

Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’

Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā ‘tongue’

Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’

Latin lingua ‘the tongue’

Latin linguālis

English lingual

Today it means

adj In a different language

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

Etymograph / heterolingual