Where does “heartache” come from?
Heartache comes from Middle English heorte-ece and Old English heortæċe, a compound of heart and ache denoting emotional or physical pain in the chest.
heartache (English): Very sincere and difficult emotional problems or...
Definitions
- Very sincere and difficult emotional problems or...
Ancestry of “heartache”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | heorteece | — |
| 2 | Old English | heorteċe | heartache |
| 3 | Old English | eċe | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *aki | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | akiz | ache, pain |
| 6 | Armenian | աքիս | weasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis" |
| 7 | Old Armenian | աքիս | weasel, least weasel, "Mustela nivalis" |
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