heroic的词源

英文词源

heroic (adj.)

1540s, shortened from heroical (early 15c.), also heroycus "noble, magnanimous," from Latin heroicus "of a hero, heroic, mythical," from Greek heroikos "pertaining to heroes," from heros (see hero (n.1)). Earlier was heroical (early 15c.). The Heroic Age in Greece was the time before the return of the armies from the fall of Troy. Related: Heroically. Heroic verse (1610s), decasyllabic iambic, is from Italian.

中文词源

heroic：英雄的，英勇的

hero,英雄，-ic,形容词后缀。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：heroic 词源，heroic 含义。

heroic：英雄的，英勇的

词根词缀： hero英雄 + -ic形容词词尾