Old English
heorte
‘heart (muscle)’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Old English heorte.
5 English words in this record descend from Old English heorte, most familiar first.
- heart ← harte
- heartless ← hertles ← heortlēas
- heartily ← hertely ← ġeheortlīċe
- heartstrings ← hartestrynges ← herte
- heartly ← hertly ← ġeheortlīċe
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Etymograph / Old English heorte