hero etymology

[Douglas G. Wilson]

On 3/18/2012 3:14 PM, Michael Newman wrote:
> ....
> I'm wondering about the origin of the term. It seems unrelated to the
> = Greek gyro given the presence of cold cuts and cheese. I'd like to =
> speculate that it began as a marketing term based on the large size or
> = something. Not convinced though. ....

Here is Barry Popik's item:

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/hero_sandwich/

Me, I don't offhand know of any reason to suppose the term is related at
all to "gyros". Looks like the hero is just heroically big.

-- Doug Wilson

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