English
heterotransmission
From hetero- + transmission.
Formed from hetero- + transmission
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros
Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros
Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’
English hetero-
Latin mittō ‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go,…’
Latin trānsmittō ‘to transmit, send, carry, or convey across,…’
Latin transmissionem
English transmission
Today it means
noun transmission (of a virus etc) between species
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heterotransmission