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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin heteroclitus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + κλίνω (klínō, “lean, incline”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
heteróclito (feminine heteróclita, masculine plural heteróclitos, feminine plural heteróclitas)
- eclectic
- heteroclite
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin heteroclitus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + κλίνω (klínō, “lean, incline”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.
Adjective
heteróclito (feminine heteróclita, masculine plural heteróclitos, feminine plural heteróclitas)
- heteroclite
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