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18 Oct 2026, 20:58 by bogdan “la75f: hercle etymology wording”
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==Etymology==
− It is the name of [[m|la|Herculēs]] used as an oath, [[der|grc|Ἡρακλῆς|tr=Hēraklês]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD explains it as apparently the vocative of a Greek by-form ⟨*Hēraklos⟩.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short and Wiktionary take the Latin name through Etruscan, which wrote it [[ett|𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄|tr=hercle]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ It is the name of [[m|la|Herculēs]] used as an oath, [[der|grc|Ἡρακλῆς|tr=Hēraklês]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD explains it as apparently the vocative of a by-form ⟨*Hēraklos⟩ of the Greek name.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short and Wiktionary take the Latin name through Etruscan, which wrote it [[ett|𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄|tr=hercle]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
==Earliest recorded meaning==