English
heteroparental
From hetero- + parental.
Formed from hetero- + parental
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros
Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros
Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’
English hetero-
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to produce, beget’
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Proto-Italic *par-(e)nt-
Latin parens ‘parent’
Latin parentālis
Middle French parental
English parental
Today it means
adj Having a parent of each sex.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heteroparental