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Where does “heraldic” come from?

Heraldic comes from Middle French héraldique, derived from Latin heraldus, a herald or official announcer.

heraldic (English): Of, or relating to heraldry or heralds

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to heraldry or heralds

Ancestry of “heraldic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “heraldic”

  • heraldically
  • nonheraldic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →