Heroin

Betekenis

heroin

Koppelteken as

He‧ro‧in

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/heʁoˈiːn/

Etimologie

Invented as a brand name by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, which started marketing heroine in 1895. The name was coined to evoke heroisch (“heroic”), ultimately from Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”).