English
Hector
Hector may come from Latin Hectōr.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHectōruncertain
- EnglishtodayHector
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHectōruncertain
- EnglishtodayHector
The story
Sometimes used as an anglicization of various Scottish Gaelic names, including Eachann and Eochaid. The thundercloud cluster was named by pilots during the Second World War.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’
school, severe, sketch, scholar, severity, perseverance, epoch, scholastic, schema, hectic, shul, 24 more
Today it means
name A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Hectōr / Hector