- heroine (n.)
[heroine 词源字典]
- 1650s, from Latin heroine, heroina (plural heroinae) "a female hero, a demigoddess" (such as Medea), from Greek heroine, fem. of heros (see hero (n.1)). As "principal female character" in a drama or poem, from 1715.[heroine etymology, heroine origin, 英语词源]