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According to the ''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', the Indo-European root is '''''ser''' ''[[meaning]] "to protect". According to Eric Partridge in Origins, the [[Greek]] word Hērōs "is akin to" the [[Latin]] seruāre, [[meaning]] to safeguard. Partridge concludes, "The basic sense of both Hera and hero would therefore be 'protector'."

According to the ''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', the Indo-European root is '''''ser''' ''[[meaning]] "to protect". According to Eric Partridge in Origins, the [[Greek]] word Hērōs "is akin to" the [[Latin]] seruāre, [[meaning]] to safeguard. Partridge concludes, "The basic sense of both Hera and hero would therefore be 'protector'."

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Heroism''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Heroism '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Heroism''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Heroism '''''this link'''''].</center>

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1. A name given (as in [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer Homer]) to men of superhuman strength, [[courage]], or [[ability]], favored by the [[gods]]; at a later time regarded as intermediate between gods and men, and [[immortal]].

*1. A name given (as in [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer Homer]) to men of superhuman strength, [[courage]], or [[ability]], favored by the [[gods]]; at a later time regarded as intermediate between gods and men, and [[immortal]].