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IPA: PHONETIC RESPELLING:
在元音前是 heter-，作为构词元素意为“其他的，不同的”，起源于希腊语的 heteros “其他的（两个之间），另一个，不同的；第二的；不平常的”。这是一个复合词，第一个元素来自 PIE 词根 *sem-(1) 意为 “一个，as one（此段翻译有待商榷）
，在一起”；第二个元素与拉丁语的 al-ter、哥特语的 an-þar，古英语的 o-ðer 第二元素同源，意为“其他的”。
古典希腊语中的复合词显示了这个词语使用之广：Heterokretes“真正的克里特人”(即古血统)，heteroglossos “外语”，heterozelos "zealous for one side"，heterotropos “不同的，不一样的” 字面上是“转向另一侧”，heterophron“胡说的；疯狂的”字面上是“不同想法”（此段翻译有待商榷）
before vowels heter-, word-forming element meaning "other, different," from Greek heteros "the other (of two), another, different; second; other than usual." It is a compound; the first element means "one, at one, together," from PIE root *sem- (1) "one; as one, together with;" the second is cognate with the second element in Latin al-ter, Gothic an-þar, Old English o-ðer "other." Compounds in classical Greek show the range of the word there: Heterokretes "true Cretan," (that is, of the old stock); heteroglossos "of foreign language;" heterozelos "zealous for one side;" heterotropos "of a different sort or fashion," literally "turning the other way;" heterophron "raving," literally "of other mind."