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heteroclite

The origin and history of heteroclite.

Etymology

Came into English from Late Latin heteroclitus, which traces to Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), formed from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) and κλίνω (klínō, “lean, incline”); this last word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.

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