Words that come from Ancient Greek ἥρως

151 words across 29 languages descend from Ancient Greek ἥρως — including hero, heroic, heroism, Hercules, heroin, heroically, Hera, Heracles.

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English (54)

Ancient Greek (11)

Latin (10)

French (8)

Portuguese (8)

Japanese (7)

Italian (6)

Spanish (6)

Ido (5)

Hungarian (4)

Greek (3)

Catalan (3)

Galician (3)

Esperanto (3)

Middle English (3)

Russian (2)

Chinese (2)

German (2)

Lithuanian (1)

Swedish (1)

Translingual (1)

Dutch (1)

Armenian (1)

Korean (1)

Cebuano (1)

Old Armenian (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Hindi (1)

Old French (1)