English
heterostructure
From hetero- + structure.
A compound of hetero- + structure
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros
Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros
Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’
English hetero-
Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to strew, spread out’
Proto-Italic *strowō
Latin struō ‘to pile up; to build’
Latin structūra ‘a fitting together, building’
Middle French structure
English structure
Today it means
noun Any structure made from a heterojunction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heterostructure