Etymology

Gayheart

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Today it means: An American surname from German. Full definition →

German Gerhardt ← French Jolicoeur
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The story

  1. French · derived fromJolicoeur
  2. German · derived fromGerhardt
  3. English todayGayheart

Thought to be a corruption of the German Gerhardt or a calque of the French Jolicoeur.

Words from the same roots

GermanGerhardt all →

Gerhardt

FrenchJolicoeur all →

Jolicoeur

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.