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heart

/ˈhɑːt/HAHRT
/ˈhɑɹt/HAHRT

Meaningthe heart

Common meaning: the organ that pumps blood

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KARD‘swing about, jump’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 62, p. 732 · scan
  2. Old EnglishheortesourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishhertesource
  4. Englishheart‘the organ that pumps blood’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English heorte ‘the heart’.

Roots

  • heorte Old English “the heart”

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