Where does “ἥρως” come from?

ἥρως (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

ἥρως (Ancient Greek): a hero of the Trojan War: any of the major...

Definitions

  1. a hero of the Trojan War: any of the major...

Ancestry of “ἥρως”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “ἥρως”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →