Heroin

(Îngilîzî)

heroin

Pircarînî

B2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/heʁoˈiːn/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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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