heterotrophic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor.

English hetero-

Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō

Ancient Greek τρέφω (tréphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek τροφῐκός (trophĭkós)der.

English -trophic

English heterotrophic

From hetero- + -trophic.

Adjective

heterotrophic (not comparable)

1. Being a heterotroph.
2. Relating to heterotrophy.

Derived terms

• autoheterotrophic
• auxoheterotrophic
• chemoheterotrophic
• chemolithoheterotrophic
• chemoorganoheterotrophic
• chemoorganoheterotrophically
• heterotrophically
• lithoheterotrophic
• microheterotrophic
• myco-heterotrophic
• mycoheterotrophic
• nonheterotrophic
• organoheterotrophic
• osmoheterotrophic
• photoheterotrophic
• photoorganoheterotrophic

Translations

being a heterotroph

• Danish: heterotrof (da)
• Estonian: heterotroofne
• Finnish: toisenvarainen, heterotrofinen
• Indonesian: heterotrof (id)
• Irish: heitreatrófach
• Italian: eterotrofo (it), eterotrofico
• Polish: cudzożywny (pl) m
• Spanish: heterótrofo (es)