hero
‘a warrior’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. heroeces, heros, hayroe, hairo, herys, heroe, heroë, heroie < O.F. heroe < Lat. heros, heroes ‘hero, demi-god, illustrious man’ < Gk. hērōs, hērōes ‘demi-god’ < heer < ser- < Tamil iṟai