Where does “heartedness” come from?
Heartedness comes from English hearted combined with Middle English -nesse, from Old English -nes, ultimately from Proto-Germanic herutaz and Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr meaning heart.
heartedness (English): The state or quality of being hearted; The result...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being hearted; The result...
Ancestry of “heartedness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |