Where does “Hero” come from?
Hero comes from Ancient Greek Ἡρώ, a figure from Greek mythology whose original meaning remains uncertain.
Ancestry of “Hero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | heroes | — |
| 2 | Old French | heroes | — |
| 3 | Latin | hērōs | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἥρως | a hero of the Trojan War: any of the major... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sēr- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
Words derived from “Hero”