heroine的词源

英文词源

heroine (n.)

1650s, from Latin heroine, heroina (plural heroinae) "a female hero, a demigoddess" (such as Medea), from Greek heroine, fem. of heros (see hero (n.1)). As "principal female character" in a drama or poem, from 1715.

中文词源

heroine：女英雄

来自拉丁语heroina,女英雄，hero,英雄，-ina,表阴性。

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

heroine：女英雄，女主角，女主人公

词根词缀： hero英雄 + -ine女人