ἕτερος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἅτερος (háteros), ὥτερος (hṓteros)Doric
  • ἄτερος (áteros)Aeolic

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros, from Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros, from the zero grade of the root *sem- (one", from which also comes Ancient Greek εἷς (heîs), "one) +‎ *-teros (contrastive suffix, from which also comes Ancient Greek -τερος (-teros)). Cognates include Sanskrit एकतर (ekatara), Breton hanter, and perhaps Old English sunder (English asunder).

    Pronunciation

     

    Adjective

    ἕτερος • (héterosm (feminine ἑτέρᾱ, neuter ἕτερον); first/second declension

    1. one or the other of two
    2. (repeated at a distance) either ... or ...
    3. (repeated consecutively) one after the other
    4. other, another, second (often of pairs)
    5. different

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: ετερο- (etero-)
    • Asturian: hetero-
    • Danish: hetero-
    • Dutch: hetero-
    • English: hetero-
    • Finnish: hetero-
    • French: hétéro-
    • Galician: hetero-
    • German: hetero-
    • Hungarian: hetero-
    • Irish: heitri-
    • Portuguese: hetero-
    • Romanian: hetero-
    • Russian: гетеро- (getero-)
    • Spanish: hetero-
    • Swedish: hetero-

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