herte

Middle English

/ˈhœrt(ə)/, /ˈhɛrt(ə)/

noun
Definitions
  • The heart organ in animals (sometimes as meat) and people.
  • One's inner self; the mind or intellect:
  • One's feelings and beliefs, or the heart viewed as a source of them:
  • What one wants, especially compared to the reality of one's actions.
  • A heart-shaped trinket made of a specified material.
  • The core, middle, or nexus of something.
  • (rare) Wood from the interior section of a tree.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English heorte (heart) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hertô (heart) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (heart).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱḗr

Gloss

heart

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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