English
heterometabolic
From hetero- + metabolic.
Formed from hetero- + metabolic
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros
Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros
Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’
English hetero-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to hit by throwing’
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Ancient Greek βάλλω ‘to throw’
Ancient Greek μεταβάλλω ‘to change’
Ancient Greek μεταβολή ‘change’
Ancient Greek μεταβολικός
English metabolic
Today it means
adj Relating to heterometabolism
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heterometabolic