Translation
hero
Word origin
From Greek heros, the word for the legendary figures of epic poetry, carried into Esperanto through the international family of English hero and French heros. The root keeps its final o before the noun ending, so the word has three syllables: he-RO-o.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- heros
- English cognates
- hero, heroic
Examples
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The hero saved the child from the fire.
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Every people has its own heroes.
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One does not need a war to be a hero.
Watch the spelling: the root is hero- and the noun ending is -o, so has a double o and three syllables, he-RO-o. The feminine is o, exactly parallel to English heroine.
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