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Where does “antihéroe” come from?

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

antihéroe (Spanish): antihero

Definitions

  1. antihero

Ancestry of “antihéroe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhéroehero
2Latinhērōs—
3Ancient Greekἥρωςa hero of the Trojan War: any of the major...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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