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)
- hero
- heroic
- heroism
- Hercules
- heroin
- heroically
- Hera
- Heracles
- superhero
- unheroic
- heroical
- Heraclea
- antihero
- heroick
- Iraklion
- antiheroic
- superheroic
- mockheroic
- heroization
- nonheroic
- unheroically
- heroize
- postheroic
- superheroism
- heroship
- antiheroism
- nonhero
- heroicly
- heroless
- herohood
- superherodom
- heroicness
- heroess
- herolike
- heroinlike
- semiheroic
- antiheroin
- herodom
- antiheroically
- unheroism
- heroicalness
- anti-hero
- cyberhero
- megahero
- superheroically
- heroickly
- heroinware
- ur-hero
- heroness
- antisuperhero
- heroinist
- Herculaneum
- ron
- Herculean