Where does “heartburn” come from?
Heartburn comes from Middle English herte-bren, a compound of herte (heart) and bren (to burn).
heartburn (English): A burning pain in the chest that is caused by...
Definitions
- A burning pain in the chest that is caused by...
Ancestry of “heartburn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Burn | — |
| 2 | Middle English | brennen | to burn |
| 3 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |