ἕτερος

Ancient Greek

adj-1&2
Definitions
  • one or the other of two
  • (repeated at a distance) either ... or ...
  • (repeated consecutively) one after the other
  • other, another, second (often of pairs)
  • different

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros, *sem- (one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like), *sem- (one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sem-

Gloss

one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like

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Kanji

好

Emoji
🕐️ 🕜️

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