Etymograph

English

stronghearted

Stronghearted comes from Middle English strong-herted.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500strong-herted1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1997stronghearted1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stronghearted
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1997, Jean Paul de Lagrave, Voltaire's Man in America: “It is according to the same principles that tyrants…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500strong-hertedWiktionary, English stronghearted
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1997strongheartedWiktionary, English stronghearted. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1997, Jean Paul de Lagrave, Voltaire's Man in America: “It is according to the same principles that tyrants…”

A compound of strong + hearted

Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘taut’

Proto-Germanic *strangaz ‘tight’

Proto-West Germanic *strang ‘severe’

Old English strang

Middle English strong

English strong

Middle English herte

Middle English herted ‘having a specified disposition, emotion, or…’

English hearted

Every English word from Middle English strong-herted

Today it means

adj Resilient, enduring.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stronghearted”. 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.

Etymograph / Middle English strong-herted / stronghearted

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