Hector
late Middle English: from the Trojan warrior Hector. Originally denoting a hero, the sense later became ‘braggart or bully’ (applied in the late 17th century to a member of a gang of London youths), hence ‘talk to in a bullying way’.
wiktionary
From Hector(“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector(“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), [1] from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ(Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ(héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχειν(ékhein), [2] present active infinitive of ἔχω(ékhō, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-(“to hold; to overpower”).
The verb is derived from the noun. [3]
etymonline
hector (v.)
"to bluster, bully, domineer," 1650s, from slang hector (n.) "a blustering, turbulent, pervicacious, noisy fellow" [Johnson], 1650s, from Hector of the "Iliad," in reference to his encouragement of his fellow Trojans to keep up the fight. Earlier in English the name was used generically for "a valiant warrior" (late 14c.). Related: Hectored; hectoring.
Hector
masc. personal name, from Latinized form of Hektor, name of the Trojan hero, oldest son of Priam and Hecuba, in the "Iliad," from Greek hektor, literally "holder, stayer;" an agent noun from ekhein "to have, hold, possess" (from PIE root *segh- "to hold"). As a proper name it is rare in England but used in Scotland to render Gaelic Eachdonn. Heck for short.
