English
hector
Hector comes from Middle English Hector ‘warrior with the qualities of Hector’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Hector‘warrior with the qualities of Hector’
- Englishearliest quotation 1672hector
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Hector‘warrior with the qualities of Hector’
- Englishearliest quotation 1672hector
Earliest quotation: 1672, Thomas Shadwell, Epsom-Wells. A Comedy: “Luc[ia]. VVhat would you do you dowty Hectors? /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’
school, severe, sketch, scholar, severity, perseverance, epoch, scholastic, schema, hectic, shul, 23 more
Today it means
noun Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Hector / hector