hero的词源
英文词源
- hero
- hero: [14] Hero is a Greek word – hérōs – applied in ancient times to men of superhuman ability or courage, and in due course by extension to demigods. At first it was used in English simply to render this Greek notion, and it was not until the late 16th century that the extended and more general sense ‘brave or otherwise admirable man’ began to emerge. ‘Chief character in a story’ is a late 17th-century development.
English acquired the word via Latin hērōs as heros, but it was not long before this became interpreted as a plural, and a new singular hero was formed. Heroin [19] comes from German heroin, said to have been coined from the delusions of heroism which afflict those who take the drug.
=> heroin - hero (n.1)
- late 14c., "man of superhuman strength or physical courage," from Latin heros "hero," from Greek heros "demi-god" (a variant singular of which was heroe), perhaps originally "defender, protector," and from PIE root *ser- (1) "to watch over, protect" (see observe). Meaning "man who exhibits great bravery" in any course of action is from 1660s. Sense of "chief male character in a play, story, etc." first recorded 1690s. First record of hero-worship is from 1774.
- hero (n.2)
- 1955, the New York term for a sandwich elsewhere called submarine, grinder, poor boy (New Orleans), or hoagie (Philadelphia); origin unknown, perhaps so called for its great size, or a folk etymology alteration of Greek gyro as a type of sandwich.
中文词源
hero（英雄）：神和凡人结合所生的儿子
在古希腊神话中，神和凡人一样生性风流，经常和凡人发生关系。他们所生下的后代一半 是神，一半是人。在希腊语中，神和凡人结合所生的儿子被称为heros（demi-god，半神）。这就是英语单词hero的来源。其实在现实生活中，这 些被誉为“hero”人其实就是勇气和能力超群的英雄，因此，hero一词自然常常用来表示“英雄”。
hero：['hɪərəʊ] n.英雄，男主角，男主人公
heroine：['herəʊɪn] n.女英雄，女主角，女主人公
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：hero 词源，hero 含义。
来自希腊语heros,半神半人，通常为神和凡人的后代，特别是宙斯在人间的私生子。来自PIE*ser,观察，保护，词源同observe,conserve.这些神和人的后代通常具有超人的勇气和力量，而且多在古希腊神话中留下诸多英雄事迹，因此引申词义英雄。参照电影《诸神之战》。
hero：英雄，勇士；男主角，男主人公
希腊语heros,在古代指具有超人能力和勇气的人,不久其意义延伸到指被神化的人,或半人半神的人,经由拉丁语heros进入英语而为hero。heroin(海洛因)来源于德语heroin,而heroin也来源于拉丁语heros。
同源词：heroin
