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Where does “heartfulness” come from?

heartfulness (English) comes from English heartful, from English heart, from Middle English herte, from Old English heorte, from Proto-West Germanic hertā, from Proto-Germanic hertô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

heartfulness (English): The state or quality of being heartful

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being heartful

Ancestry of “heartfulness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheartfulAn amount of emotion considered to be present in...
2EnglishheartA muscular organ that pumps blood through the...
3Middle EnglishherteThe heart; One's inner self; the mind or...
4Old Englishheorteheart
5Proto-West Germanichertāheart
6Proto-Germanichertôheart
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →