Where does “antiheroj” come from?
antiheroj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian heroj, from Ancient Greek ἥρως, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
antiheroj (Serbo-Croatian): antihero
Ancestry of “antiheroj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | heroj | hero |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἥρως | a hero of the Trojan War: any of the major... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sēr- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |