Etymograph

English

hearted

Hearted comes from Middle English herted ‘having a specified disposition, emotion, or…’, and goes back to herte.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500herte1
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500herted2‘having a specified disposition, emotion, or attitude’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2001hearted2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Middle English herted
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English hearted
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2001, Kumuda Reddy, Linda Egenes: “It is said that she is "two-hearted," which means…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500herteWiktionary, Middle English herted
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hertedWiktionary, English hearted‘having a specified disposition, emotion, or attitude’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2001heartedWiktionary, English hearted. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2001, Kumuda Reddy, Linda Egenes: “It is said that she is "two-hearted," which means…”

Formed from heart + -ed

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-

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Proto-Germanic *hertô

Proto-West Germanic *hertā

Old English heorte

Middle English harte

English heart

Every English word from Middle English herte

Today it means

verb Having a specified kind or number of heart.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “hearted”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Middle English herted. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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