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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-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “ἥρως”

  • hero
  • heroic
  • heroism
  • Hercules
  • heroin
  • heroically
  • Hera
  • Heracles
  • superhero
  • unheroic
  • heroical
  • Heraclea
  • antihero
  • heroick
  • Iraklion
  • antiheroic
  • superheroic
  • mockheroic
  • heroization
  • nonheroic
  • unheroically
  • heroize
  • postheroic
  • superheroism
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →