Heroin

Significado (Inglés)

heroin

Frecuencia

B2
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/heʁoˈiːn/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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”).

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