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Herculean (adj.)[Herculean 词源字典]: 1590s, from Hercules + -an.[Herculean etymology, Herculean origin, 英语词源]
Hercules: hero, son of Zeus and Alcmene, c. 1200 (originally in reference to the Pillars of Hercules), also Ercules, from Latin Hercles, from Greek Herakles, literally "Glory of Hera;" from Hera (q.v.) + kleos "glory, renown" (see Clio). Used figuratively of strength since late 14c. Vocative form Hercule was a common Roman interjection (especially me Hercule!) "assuredly, certainly."
Hercynian (adj.): 1580s, designating the forest-covered mountains of ancient Germany, from Latin Hercynia (silva) "Hercynian (forest)," related to Greek Orkynios drymos, probably from Old Celtic *Perkunya, from PIE *perq(o)- "oak, oak forest, wooded mountain" (see fir).
herd (n.): Old English heord "herd, flock," from Proto-Germanic *herdo- (cognates: Old Norse hjorð, Old High German herta, German Herde, Gothic hairda "herd"), from PIE *kerdh- "a row, group, herd" (cognates: Sanskrit śárdhah "herd, troop," Old Church Slavonic čreda "herd," Greek korthys "heap," Lithuanian kerdžius "shepherd"). Herd instinct in psychology is first recorded 1908.
herd (v.): mid-13c., âto watch over or herd (livestock);â of animals, âto gather in a herd, to form a flock,â late 14c., from herd (n.). Related: Herded; herding.
herdsman (n.): Old English heordman, but the word was not common until herd (Old English hierde) in sense "keeper of domestic animals which go in herds" fell from use (see shepherd). See herd (n.) + man (n.). Intrusive -s- appeared early 15c., on model of craftsman, etc.
here: Old English her "in this place, where one puts himself," from Proto-Germanic pronominal stem *hi- (from PIE *ki- "this;" see he) + adverbial suffix -r. Cognate with Old Saxon her, Old Norse, Gothic her, Swedish här, Middle Dutch, Dutch hier, Old High German hiar, German hier.

Phrase here today and gone tomorrow first recorded 1680s in writings of Aphra Behn. Here's to _____ as a toast is from 1590s, probably short for here's health to _____. In vulgar speech, this here as an adjective is attested from 1762. To be neither here nor there "of no consequence" attested from 1580s. Here we go again as a sort of verbal roll of the eyes is attested from 1950. Noun phrase here and now "this present life" is from 1829.
hereabout: "about this, with regard to this matter," c. 1200, from here + about. Meaning "in the vicinity, near here" is from early 13c. Hereabouts is from 1590s.
hereafter: Old English heræfter (adv.) "in the future; later on;" see here + after. Meaning "after death" is mid-14c. As a noun, "time in the future," from 1540s. Meaning "a future world, the world to come" is from 1702.
hereby: mid-13c., from here + by. Compare Dutch hierbij, German hierbei.
hereditable (adj.): mid-15c.; see heredity + -able. Related: Hereditability.
hereditament: "inherited property," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin hereditamentum, from Latin hereditatem (see heredity).
hereditary (adj.): early 15c., hereditarie, from Latin hereditarius, from hereditas (see heredity).
hereditism (n.): 1874; see heredity + -ism.
heredity (n.): 1530s, from Middle French hérédité (12c.), from Latin hereditatem (nominative hereditas) "heirship, inheritance, condition of being an heir," from heres (genitive heredis) "heir, heiress," from PIE root *ghe- "to be empty, left behind" (source also of Greek khera "widow"). Legal sense of "inheritable quality or character" first recorded 1784; the modern biological sense seems to be found first in 1863, introduced by Herbert Spencer.
Herefordshire: Old English Herefordscir, from Hereford (958), literally "ford suitable for the passage of an army." Probably so-called in reference to the Roman road passing over the Wye River. Herford in Germany has the same etymology. As the name for a type of cattle, first bred there, it is attested from 1789.
herein: late Old English herinne; see here + in.
hereof: late Old English; see here + of. Compare Danish hereaf, Swedish häraf.
hereon: Old English heron; see here + on.
heresiarch (n.): 1620s, from Church Latin haeresiarcha, from Late Greek hairesiarkhes (see heresy + arch-).