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Where does “hertan” come from?

hertan (Middle English) comes from Old Northern French hurter.

hertan (Middle English): to injure, scathe, knock together

Definitions

  1. to injure, scathe, knock together

Ancestry of “hertan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Northern Frenchhurter—

Words derived from “hertan”

  • hurt
  • hurting
  • hurtful
  • unhurt
  • hurted
  • hurtfully
  • hurtfulness
  • hurteth
  • hurtless
  • hurter
  • unhurtful
  • hurty
  • hurtable
  • unhurtable
  • hurtsome
  • hurtlessly
  • unhurtfully
  • hurtlessness
  • unhurtfulness
  • hurtability
Every word from Old Northern French hurter →