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heresy (n.)[heresy 词源字典]: "an opinion of private men different from that of the catholick and orthodox church" [Johnson], c. 1200, from Old French heresie (12c.), from Latin hæresis, "school of thought, philosophical sect," used by Christian writers for "unorthodox sect or doctrine," from Greek hairesis "a taking or choosing, a choice," from haireisthai "take, seize," middle voice of hairein "to choose," of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE *ser- (5) "to seize" (cognates: Hittite šaru "booty," Welsh herw "booty").

The Greek word was used in the New Testament in reference to the Sadducees, Pharisees, and even the Christians, as sects of Judaism, but in English bibles it usually is translated sect. Meaning "religious belief opposed to the orthodox doctrines of the Church" evolved in Late Latin. Transferred (non-religious) use from late 14c.[heresy etymology, heresy origin, 英语词源]
heretic (n.): mid-14c., from Old French eretique (14c., Modern French hérétique), from Church Latin haereticus, from Greek hairetikos "able to choose," the verbal adjective of hairein (see heresy).
heretical (adj.): early 15c., from Middle French eretical and directly from Medieval Latin haereticalis, from haereticus (see heretic).
hereto: late 12c., from here + to.
heretofore: c. 1200, from here + obsolete Old English toforan.
hereunder: early 15c., from here + under.
hereunto: c. 1500, from here + unto.
hereupon: late Old English, from here + upon.
herewith: late Old English herwith; see here + with.
heriot (n.): Old English here-geatwe (plural) "military equipment, army-gear," from here "army" (see harry). An Anglo-Saxon service of weapons, loaned by the lord to his retainer and repayable to him upon the retainer's death; transferred by 13c. to a feudal due upon the death of a tenant, payable to his lord in beasts.
heritable (adj.): early 15c., from Old French héritable (c. 1200), from hériter (see heritage). Related: Heritability.
heritage (n.): c. 1200, "that which may be inherited," from Old French iritage, eritage, heritage, from heriter "inherit," from Late Latin hereditare, ultimately from Latin heres (genitive heredis) "heir" (see heredity).
Herman: masc. proper name, from German Hermann, from Old High German Hariman, literally "man of war, warrior," from hari "host, army" (see harry (v.)) + man "man" (see man (n.)).
hermaphrodism (n.): 1808, from French hermaphrodisme, from hermaphrodite (see hermaphrodite).
hermaphrodite (n.): late 14c. (harmofroditus), from Latin hermaphroditus, from Greek Hermaphroditos (Latin Hermaphroditus), son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who, in Ovid, was loved by the nymph Salmacis so ardently that she prayed for complete union with him and as a result they were united bodily, combining male and female characteristics. Also used figuratively in Middle English of "one who improperly occupies two offices." As a name for the condition, Middle English had hermofrodito (late 14c.), hermofrodisia (early 15c.). As an adjective, from c. 1600.
hermaphroditic (adj.): 1620s, from hermaphrodite + -ic. Earlier form was hermaphroditical (c. 1600).
hermeneutic (adj.): "interpretive," 1670s, from Greek hermeneutikos "interpreting," from hermeneutes "interpreter," from hermeneuein "to interpret," of unknown origin (formerly considered ultimately a derivative of Hermes, as the tutelary divinity of speech, writing, and eloquence).
hermeneutical (adj.): 1798, from hermeneutic + -al (1). Related: Hermeneutically.
hermeneutics (n.): 1737, from hermeneutic; also see -ics.
Hermes: Olympian messenger and god of commerce, son of Zeus and Maia, identified by the Romans with their Mercury, from Greek Hermes, of unknown origin.