Where does “hero” come from?
Hero comes from Old French heroes, derived from Latin heros, which comes from Ancient Greek ἥρως, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ser-.
hero (English): Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries...
Definitions
- Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries...
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 | demigod, hero |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἥρως | a hero of the Trojan War: any of the major... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sēr- | to flow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
Words derived from “hero”