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Where does “heartedly” come from?

Heartedly comes from Middle English -ly added to Old English heorte, from Proto-Germanic herutaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr meaning heart.

heartedly (English): In a hearted manner

Definitions

  1. In a hearted manner

Ancestry of “heartedly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishheartedsimple past tense and past participle of heart;...
2Middle EnglishhertedHaving a specified disposition, emotion, or...
3Middle EnglishherteThe heart; One's inner self; the mind or...
4Old Englishheorteheart
5Proto-West Germanichertāheart
6Proto-Germanichertôheart
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
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