Etymograph

English

heteromorphic

From hetero- + -morphic.

A compound of hetero- + -morphic

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 Having different forms in different stages of the life cycle

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

Etymograph / heteromorphic