Hetero Definition
(informal) Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person.
Other Word Forms of Hetero
Noun
Origin of Hetero
Gr hetero-, other, different < heteros, the other (of two), earlier hateros < IE *sm-tero- < base *sem-, *sm-, one, together > L semper, simplus + *-tero-, expressing contrast, comparison
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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Greek from heteros other sem-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (heteros, “other, another, different")
From Wiktionary
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Clipped from heterosexual.
From Wiktionary
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