Where does “cravenhearted” come from?
cravenhearted (English) comes from English Craven, from Middle English cravant, from Old French cravanté, from Old French cravanter, from Latin crepo, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
Ancestry of “cravenhearted”, step by step
cravenhearted traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Craven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Craven | Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly |
| 2 | Middle English | cravant | defeated, overcome |
| 3 | Old French | cravanté | defeated |
| 4 | Old French | cravanter | — |
| 5 | Latin | crepo | I rattle, rustle, clatter; I crack, creak; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English hearted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hearted | simple past tense and past participle of heart;... |
| 2 | Middle English | herted | Having a specified disposition, emotion, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | herte | The heart; One's inner self; the mind or... |
| 4 | Old English | heorte | heart |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hertā | heart |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hertô | heart |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |